Journal of Urban Studies on Space and Place

Urbanization in the Republic of TürkiyeState reforms against the relative weakness of learning from society

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Farshid Samanpour 1
Parvin Partovi 2

1 Research Assistant, Tehran municipality's Research and Planning Center, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Urban Planning Department, Faculty of Architecture and Urban planning, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jspr.2024.2023613.1059
Abstract
This article is part of a larger study that examines urbanization in non-English speaking countries. Due to the lack of sources in Farsi or English, the experiences of these countries (which in many cases have common issues with Iran) are less accessible to Iranian readers. In this regard, this article, focusing on the neighboring country of Turkey, has tried to identify the characteristics of urban planning in this country and introduce its shortcomings and problems. This article can provide a possibility for a comparative study in addition to the mentioned goal. To create the possibility of evaluation and adaptation, Friedman's quadruple framework is used to categorize urban planning methods. The review of sources is done in a narrative format and by the contemporary history of late Ottoman and Turkey. In the framework of this narrative, urban planning methods are expressed from specialized (and limited and scattered) sources in English and sometimes using evidence and media news and reviewing them, and at the end, they are analyzed using the introduced theoretical framework. Based on this, the important shortcomings of Turkey's urban planning and suggestions to solve them are discussed, the most important of which is the weakness in learning from the society and unilateral insistence on state-led reforms without paying enough attention to the background culture. 

Keywords

Turkey
Urban Development
Friedman
Social Learning
Social Reforms
European Union

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