This paper explores how urban regeneration strategies, focused on increasing the social, economic and spatial values of old industrialized areas, are being experienced in Turkey. It examines the brownfield regeneration process in five old industrial sites in one of Turkey's earliest industrialized cities, Eskis¸ehir. The examples described are evaluated based on the sustainability objectives of brownfield development. The aim is to investigate the potential of these cases of brownfield regeneration to secure land for sustainable urban development. The conclusions suggest that local experience in the re-use of old industrial buildings and sites provides valuable input to the development of urban development policies. Greater attention to sustainable outcomes could add a new and vital dimension to brownfield regeneration. The leading role of local government in providing integrated approaches to land management policies and sustainable urban development must be noted.KEYWORDS brownfield regeneration / developing countries / Eskis¸ehir / sustainable urban development / Turkey I. INTRODUCTIONThis paper explores the experience of brownfield regeneration in Turkey, an urban regeneration process focused on increasing the social, economic and spatial values of old industrialized areas in the city. Cases of brownfield regeneration in one of Turkey's earliest industrialized cities, Eskis¸ehir, are analyzed in terms of sustainability objectives adapted and developed from the research of Williams and Dair.(1) The aim is to investigate the potential of these brownfield regeneration projects to secure land for sustainable urban development, and to discuss the implications for sustainable brownfield regeneration in cities in Turkey that are faced with rapid urbanization.The process of industrial change has resulted in the creation of socalled "brownfields" across Europe, particularly in urban areas. Taking into account the ongoing need for open space for housing, retail and industry, the organization RESCUE (Regeneration of European Sites in Cities and Urban Environments) argues that a sustainable built environment cannot be achieved without reintegrating derelict land into the property markets and encouraging development back into central urban locations.