The City Diplomacy and Istanbul's Capacity for City Diplomacy

Year 2023, , 1930 - 1945, 15.09.2023

Berna Aksoy Özcan

https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1321910

Abstract

Today, cities are considered as the sub-actors of nation-states in the international system. The disruption of public services is stemming from continuous migration emerged as a new problem during the early 2000s. It would not be unjustified to argue that this migration is an undesired result of the processes of both urbanization and industrialization, which began in the 1970s. However, as the process of industrialization remained incomplete, it created various governance issues especially between the local and national governments. This migration flux has influenced a significant number of cities in Türkiye including İstanbul. From 2000 and onwards, İstanbul has gradually been losing its urban culture and urban identity cause of emigration. Therefore, urbanization could not be completed both economically and socially in Istanbul. Within this framework, this article aims to explore the city diplomacy capacity of İstanbul in terms of solving economic and political problems arising from urbanization. In so doing, this article takes the tension between local and central government in terms of use of diplomacy as an example.

Keywords

city diplomacy, urbanization, globalization, urban governance, Istanbul

Kent Diplomasisi ve İstanbul'un Kent Diplomasisi Kapasitesi

Abstract

Günümüzde kentlerin ulus-devletlerin alt aktörleri olarak uluslararası sistemde yer aldıkları görülmektedir. Bu göçün 1970'lerde başlayan hem kentleşme hem de sanayileşme süreçlerinin istenmeyen bir sonucu olduğunu söylemek haksız olmayacaktır. Ancak sanayileşme süreci yarım kaldığı için özellikle yerel ve ulusal yönetimler arasında çeşitli yönetişim sorunları yaratmıştır. Sürekli göç, İstanbul da dâhil olmak üzere Türkiye'de önemli sayıda şehri etkilemiştir. 2000 yılından itibaren İstanbul, dış göç nedeniyle kent kültürünü ve kent kimliğini giderek kaybetmektedir. Böylece kentleşme süreci hem iktisadi hem sosyal olarak İstanbul için tamamlanamayan bir süreç olmaktadır. Bu çerçevede, bu makale, İstanbul'un kentleşmeden kaynaklanan ekonomik ve siyasi sorunların çözümü açısından kent diplomasisi kapasitesini keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bunu yaparken, bu makale yerel ve merkezi yönetim arasındaki gerilimi diplomasinin kullanımı açısından önemli bir neden olarak örnek almaktadır.

Keywords

Kent diplomasisi, kent yönetişimi, İstanbul, kentleşme

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