Social Transformation in Turkey by Kemal H. Karpat

Abstract

The Türkiye'de Toplumsal Dönüşüm (Social Transformation in Turkey) work of H. Karpat, whom we tried to identify under the major topics, mentions the domestic migrations and internal reasons of migrations. Nevertheless he reveals squatting fact experiencing by migrant and harmony processes of migrants to the city, citizen perception, connections still continuing with country side, the change experienced by the result of migration with a broad perspective aspect. While revealing this fact, he takes care to reveal squatting not only in Turkey but also the reflections from settlements around the world. The author, as he stated with his words, not only makes the social and cultural alteration clear in Turkey, but also mentioned the effects of historical Ottoman immigrations by his selection of three squatter district in Istanbul

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