Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 30, 2013
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Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara

Abstract

Ankara, the capital of Turkey, represents a modern model city built in the Republican period after 1923. The majority of the countries’ population resides in this city after İstanbul and political, social and economic functions are mostly clustered in the urban zone. After 1940s, the city changed dramatically. Its population grew enormously and the city expanded through conversion of agricultural lands in the west. In addition, political and educational developments produced a significant population of officials and students within the city. This paper focuses on patterns of settlement in Ankara from ancient times to today and explains these from developments in the urban planning perspective. It concludes that the global shopping malls and local transport- landuse policies together with the structure of housing market have directed the city to car-oriented sprawled development without an identity, encouraged the development of gated communities in the city. It concludes by posing the question whether this may change in the future and more mixed use can be expected.

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English

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Publication Date

December 30, 2013

Submission Date

April 23, 2015

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Year 1970 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Erçoşkun, Ö. (2013). Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 1(2), 132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA
AMA
1.Erçoşkun Ö. Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning. 2013;1(2):132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA
Chicago
Erçoşkun, Özge. 2013. “Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara”. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning 1 (2): 132-51. https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA.
EndNote
Erçoşkun Ö (December 1, 2013) Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning 1 2 132–151.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Erçoşkun, “Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara”, Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 132–151, Dec. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA
ISNAD
Erçoşkun, Özge. “Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara”. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning 1/2 (December 1, 2013): 132-151. https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA.
JAMA
1.Erçoşkun Ö. Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning. 2013;1:132–151.
MLA
Erçoşkun, Özge. “Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara”. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2013, pp. 132-51, https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA.
Vancouver
1.Özge Erçoşkun. Successes and Failures in Urban Development of Ankara. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 1;1(2):132-51. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA83JT64AA