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Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse

Cilt: 19 Sayı: 8 24 Ekim 2026
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Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse

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This study situates the Istanbul Land Walls as part of a larger hydrological network that extends beyond the fortification line itself, intersecting with the Lykos stream. It asks to what extent the current boundary-defined, monument-centric conservation framework accounts for this network. Accordingly, the study applies a qualitative, image-based cross-reading of cartographic and textual sources, from Late Antique accounts to contemporary spatial data. The findings show that the Land Walls historically co-developed with a wide range of hydrological, agricultural, religious, cultural, and economic functions, including water sources, bostans (vegetable gardens), cemeteries, and ayazmas, among others. Despite the modernization and urbanization that have intensified since the mid-twentieth century, traces of this network — bostans, surviving water elements, and a wider fabric of historic religious, funerary, civic, and social structures — persist on site today, if in diminished form. This multifaceted continuity is conserved only in a limited way under the boundary-defined, monument-centric conservation framework. Building on this, the study discusses whether small-scale, nature-based interventions in the design and materiality of the surrounding fabric could bring conservation, at the spatial level, into alignment with this network.

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Destekleyen Kurum

No financial support was received for this study.

Etik Beyan

This study does not require ethics committee approval. A signed declaration confirming this has been submitted with the manuscript.

Teşekkür

The authors have no acknowledgments to report.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Bölge Planlamada Kent Coğrafyası, Kent Morfolojisi, Kent Tarihi, Mimari Miras ve Koruma

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

24 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Temmuz 2026

Kabul Tarihi

30 Eylül 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 8

Kaynak Göster

APA
Omacan, H. (2026). Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse. Kent Akademisi, 19(8), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1989890
AMA
1.Omacan H. Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse. Kent Akademisi. 2026;19(8):1-21. doi:10.35674/kent.1989890
Chicago
Omacan, Hande. 2026. “Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse”. Kent Akademisi 19 (8): 1-21. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1989890.
EndNote
Omacan H (01 Ekim 2026) Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse. Kent Akademisi 19 8 1–21.
IEEE
[1]H. Omacan, “Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse”, Kent Akademisi, c. 19, sy 8, ss. 1–21, Eki. 2026, doi: 10.35674/kent.1989890.
ISNAD
Omacan, Hande. “Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse”. Kent Akademisi 19/8 (01 Ekim 2026): 1-21. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1989890.
JAMA
1.Omacan H. Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse. Kent Akademisi. 2026;19:1–21.
MLA
Omacan, Hande. “Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse”. Kent Akademisi, c. 19, sy 8, Ekim 2026, ss. 1-21, doi:10.35674/kent.1989890.
Vancouver
1.Hande Omacan. Reinterpreting the Istanbul Land Walls Basin: Ontological Continuity and the Critique of Authorized Heritage Discourse. Kent Akademisi. 01 Ekim 2026;19(8):1-21. doi:10.35674/kent.1989890

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