[3] In 1975, Dalokay requested assistance from the Soviet Union to build a public transportation system and affordable housing in Ankara.

[5] Dalokay served as mayor of Ankara until the 1977 Turkish local elections and was replaced by another CHP member, Ali Dinçer, in the post.

Along with numerous national award-winning projects in Turkey, Dalokay has been awarded internationally[vague] for the Islamic Development Bank (1981) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

His design for the Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital, Ankara was selected in the architectural competition in 1957 but, as a result of criticism, was not built.

[3] In Pakistan, he was also the architect of two not realized buildings, then of the constricted monument Summit Minar, Lahore and is considered a major Turkish influence in Pakistani architecture.