Present Narratives of 1st of May Neighbourhood in İstanbul Through Participation

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 459 - 469, 19.12.2019

Beste Sabır

Abstract

1^st of May
neighbourhood is a crucial example of a participatory process of a squatter
settlement in İstanbul. It is obvious to see the place attachment and
belonging. The tie between the inhabitants and place is dependent on mostly the
political aura of the time. Left side organizations unite people around place
and that reflects as a creative participation model against the unjust
processes of migration and squatter housing process. Today it is hard to see
the same attachment in the area, but it is still noticed an unseen barrier
between the district and its environment. The place has a significant public
park called Deniz Gezmiş which signifies the character of a left sided memory of the past and we
see an economical barrier to neo-liberal economy. Local markets and little
economies against the big brands are noticed. Thus, it is easy to see the
participation had transformed to another thing by decentralization of the
political atmosphere in the 80s. Narratives of the past still exist, and it
unites the neighbourhood.

Paper will trace with a
flow diagram, the responses of government and locals to the informal housing
process that have been experienced until now which is expected to clarify the
relations between government and local participation processes. Creative
participation models and theories will be examined, for the response of what
can be done more for to stand against unjust processes in our present time?
What can we learn from the narratives of the past? How can we preserve
narratives in our daily life?

Keywords

Democracy and Participation, creative participation ways, migration, squatter, narratives of place

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