Gecekondu Terminolojisinin Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi: Kentsel Gayriresmîlik Fikirlerinin Epistemolojik Eleştirisi

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 254 - 265, 20.09.2025

Rahman Tafahomi

https://doi.org/10.54864/planarch.1653985

Abstract

Bu makale, kentsel planlama ve kalkınmada 'gecekondu' teriminin anlamını, uygulamasını ve etkilerini inceleyerek anlamların ardındaki amaçları keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Sorun, terimin olumsuz bir önyargı olarak izlenimine derin bir dikkat gösterilmeden aşırı kullanılmasında yatmaktadır. Bu araştırmada, kelimenin anlamının teknik olarak doğuşunu, duyurulmasını ve savunulmasını analiz etmek için içerik analizi, mantıksal argüman ve yorumlama teknikleri uygulanmıştır. Bulgular, gecekondu teriminin anlamının, gecekondu yıkımını meşrulaştırmak için olumsuz anlamlara ve izlenimlere sahip kelimelerden çıkarıldığını ortaya koymaktadır. Epistemolojik analiz, 'gecekondu' anlamının, çözümden ziyade iyileştirme olarak bazı basit iyileştirmelere dikkat çekmek için operasyonel merkezler tarafından merkezileştirildiğini ortaya koymaktadır. İyileştirme politikalarına rağmen gecekondu sakinlerinin yüzdesi artmıştır. Bu çalışma gecekondu tanımında üç eğilime ulaştı: fiziksel özelliklere dikkat eden biçimciler, operasyonlara ve eylemlere odaklanan pragmatistler ve terimin sorunlarını ve gerçek anlamını ortaya koymaya çalışan eleştirel çalışmalar. Sonuç olarak, gecekondu olgusu evlerin veya alanların fiziksel özelliklerinden ziyade kentsel alanlardaki daha geniş gelişme eksikliklerine ışık tutuyor.

Keywords

Gecekondu , Epistemoloji , Anlam , Uygulama , Eleştirel Analiz , kentsel gayriresmîlik , eleştirel kentselcilik , kentsel yönetişim

Reevaluating Slum Terminology: An Epistemological Critique of Urban Informality Ideas

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the meaning, application, and effects of the term ‘slum’ in urban planning and development plans to discover the purposes behind this meaning. The problem is located in the extensively use the term without paying deep attention to the impression of the term as a negative prejudgment. Content analysis, logical argument, and interpretation techniques were applied in this research to analyze the genesis, publicizing, and advocating the meaning of the word technically. The results of research reveal that the meaning of the term slum was extracted from words with negative meanings and impressions to legitimize slum demolishing. Epistemological analysis reveals that the meaning of the ‘slum’ was centralized by operational centers to orient the attention to some physical improvement as upgrading rather than the solution. Despite the upgrading policies, the percentage of slum dwellers has increased. This study attained three trends in the definition of slum: formalists with orientation to physical specifications, pragmatists with a focus on operations and actions, and critical studies who endeavor in exposing the problems based on social and economic factors in the context. In conclusion, the slum phenomena spotlight broader development deficiencies in urban planning regarding the limitation of social and economic opportunities for public rather than the physical specifications of houses or areas.

Keywords

Slum , Epistemology , Meaning , Application , Critical Analysis , urban informality , critical urbanism , urban governance

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