Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul

Volume: 2 Number: 1 April 27, 2015
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Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul

Abstract

This study discusses the life in the neighbourhoods stuck between the gated communities recently built in the district of Sancaktepe, in terms of neighbourliness and social networks in the neighbourhood. In this context, in-depth interviews were conducted with the residents of the neighbourhoods about their lives, experiences, relations, urban structure, urban transformation and the rise of gated communities. All interviewees stated that they were generally content with where they lived, and, for most of them, the key factor for this satisfaction was the neighbourly relations. Contrary to the prevalent opinion that urbanization weakens the neighbourly relations, the neighbourhood residents emphasized the intensiveness of the neighbourly relations and its determining role in their lives, and they distinctly distinguished themselves from those living in the gated communities by virtue of these relations.

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English

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April 27, 2015

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April 27, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Köten, E. (2015). Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences, 2(1), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.13689
AMA
1.Köten E. Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul. IGUJSS. 2015;2(1):23-50. doi:10.17336/igusbd.13689
Chicago
Köten, Esra. 2015. “Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 2 (1): 23-50. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.13689.
EndNote
Köten E (April 1, 2015) Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 2 1 23–50.
IEEE
[1]E. Köten, “Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul”, IGUJSS, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 23–50, Apr. 2015, doi: 10.17336/igusbd.13689.
ISNAD
Köten, Esra. “Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 2/1 (April 1, 2015): 23-50. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.13689.
JAMA
1.Köten E. Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul. IGUJSS. 2015;2:23–50.
MLA
Köten, Esra. “Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr. 2015, pp. 23-50, doi:10.17336/igusbd.13689.
Vancouver
1.Esra Köten. Social Networking in the Neighbourhood: A Field Research in Istanbul. IGUJSS. 2015 Apr. 1;2(1):23-50. doi:10.17336/igusbd.13689

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