Redevelopment of squatting housing in Turkey in the case of Altındağ, Ankara

Sinan Akyüz

doi:10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i3030

Redevelopment of squatting housing in Turkey in the case of Altındağ, Ankara

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Sinan Akyüz Short Bio Abdullah Gül University

My name is Sinan Akyuz and I am a lecturer at Abdullah Gül University. After studying Town and Regional Planning at Ankara Gazi University, I worked in the private sector as an urban planner for a year. Afterwards, I studied MSc in International Planning and Development at Cardiff University. I had my PhD in the University of Sheffield in the Urban Studies Department and the title of my thesis is “Redevelopment of squatter settlements in Ankara, Turkey” and finished in January 2019. Currently, I work at Abdullah Gül University in the Architecture Department as Lecturer. In harmony with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 11 which focuses on making cities and human settlements inclusive safe resilient and sustainable, my current research agenda focuses on urban redevelopment projects through integrating the finance sector into housing and the effects of these projects on the historical squatter settlements neighbourhoods in Ankara, Turkey.

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https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i3030

Keywords:

redevelopment, informal housing, housing, rescaling state, squatting housing

Abstract

The focus of this paper is the redevelopment of the squatter settlements in Ankara Turkey. Most of the articles focus on gentrification and changing neighbourhood social structures but the redevelopment of the squatter settlements also aims the production of formal low-income housing as well as the integration of previous non-formal housing into formal urban space. Therefore, this article suggests that the contemporary redevelopment project of squatters in Ankara, Turkey is a part of a broader strategy of integrating low-income into the formal housing system by cooperating with a part of low-income groups. The research was made in Altındağ, Ankara by using a deep semi-structured interview, and document analyses method. The researcher conducted 25 interviews with residents and 2 interviews with officials.

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2021-12-29

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Akyüz, S. (2021). Redevelopment of squatting housing in Turkey in the case of Altındağ, Ankara . Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2(3), 352–365. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i3030