Evaluation of Urban Regeneration as a Government-Assisted Revenue Strategy in Turkey

Policy Recommendations for the Planning of Multi-Level Redevelopment and Social Housing Practices

“…In Turkey, the general components of redevelopment are apparent in project publicity reports as rationales, and as observed in the empirical research of this study, accompanied by local justifications such as earthquake threat, illegal settlements, and excessive population and building densities, all of which result in safety concerns (Gül & Dulupçu, 2010;Ezme, 2017). However, even though current projects are defined as a form of urban redevelopment, due to the lack of coordination of redevelopment components and their ignorance concerning present social structures and potential future social conflicts, the concept of redevelopment in Turkey deviates to an extent from today's Western notions and experiences (Güzey, 2013;Kuyucu, 2018).…”

“…As in post-war Europe, policies of economic growth and industrialization motivated the rapid growth of urban centers and the development of gecekondu in large cities in Turkey. By the 1970s, municipal governments regarded gecekondu areas as the source of all negative externalities in large cities, and municipal agencies regarded their demolition and subsequent public housing applications as the only solution (Güzey, 2013). This policy of demolition resulted in the eviction of gecekondu populations in central urban areas.…”