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Appropriating the masculine sacred islamism, gender, and mosque architecture in contemporary Turkey
(Routledge, 2018)Religious duties for men and women differ in Islam, and they determine how the two appear in public. While men are required to perform Friday and Eid prayers in the mosque with the congregation, women are not. This has ... -
Architectural mimicry and the politics of mosque building: negotiating Islam and Nation in Turkey
(Routledge, 2016)This paper discusses the politics of mosque architecture in modern Turkey. The classical Ottoman mosque image has been reproduced in state-sponsored mosques throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Defining ... -
Bioethics committees and examining consent within the patient-physician relationship in Turkey
(Yozmot Heiliger (1989) Ltd., 2010)Clinical exercises include questions about a physician's behaviour, decision making process, values, rights and responsibilities, as much as the scientific-technical questions concerning the disease. Some of these questions ... -
The Changing pattern of segregation and exclusion: The case of Ankara
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The changing roles of female labour in economic prosperity and decline: the case of Istanbul clothing industry
(Wiley‐Blackwell, 2005)In this chapter, we use our research on female labor in Istanbul’s clothing industry to examine the effects of industrial boom and bust cycles on women’s lives.1 First, we trace how women gained entry into new globally ... -
City profile: Ankara
(Elsevier, 2013, 4)Although Ankara has a long history, it is generally known for its twentieth century development as the designed capital of the newly-born Turkish nation-state. The early episode of the city's growth displayed a typical ... -
Complexity of socio-spatial transformations through tourism: a Mediterranean Village, Kaleköy
(Routledge, 2004)This article reflects on the complex consequences of tourism development in the isolated Mediterranean village of Kaleko¨y. Built on the antique city of Simena of the 4th century BC and having remnants also from Hellenistic, ... -
Critique by design: tackling urban renewal in the design studio
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)The dominant mode of urbanization in our contemporary world is marked by large scale urban renewal projects, which are deployed with little or no consideration given to the social predicaments. The urban design studio can ... -
Cultural diversity, public space, aesthetics and power
(Routledge, 1999)In this paper we argue that issues of inclusion and exclusion to public space can be examined by invoking the principle of "aesthetics". Those that are aesthetically pleasing, tasteful, or desirable are allowed in public ... -
Developing micro-level urban ecosystem indicators for sustainability assessment
(Elsevier, 2015)Sustainability assessment is increasingly being viewed as an important tool to aid in the shift towards sustainable urban ecosystems. An urban ecosystem is a dynamic system and requires regular monitoring and assessment ... -
Early Republican Ankara: struggle over historical representation and the politics of urban historiography
(Sage, 2011)This article discusses the emergence of a particular historical representation: that of "early republican Ankara." Becoming the capital of the newly born Turkish nation-state in 1923, Ankara was conceived as the symbolic ... -
Ecological approaches in planning for sustainable cities: a review of the literature
(2015-03)Rapid urbanization has brought environmentally, socially, and economically great challenges to cities and societies. To build a sustainable city, these challenges need to be faced efficiently and successfully. This ... -
Encountering the Urban Crisis: The Gezi Event and the Politics of Urban Design
(Routledge, 2016)This article addresses an experimental urban design studio conducted in Bilkent University in Ankara, which problematized the protests that initially started in Gezi Park in Istanbul and shook Turkey in the summer of 2013. ... -
Everywhere is Taksim': the politics of public space from nation-building to neoliberal islamism and beyond
(Sage, 2015-03)This article discusses the politics of public space through the particular example of Taksim Square in Istanbul. Tracing Taksim’s history since the early twentieth century, the article analyzes the instrumentalization ... -
Gazes in dispute: visual representations of the built environment in Ankara postcards
(Routledge, 2015-02)Developing the argument that representations of urban space generate visual identifications, this paper discusses the co-existence of conflicting representations of Ankara in the early republican period. Whilst the earliest ... -
Housing rehabilitation and its role in neighborhood change: a framework for evaluation
(Locke Science, 1998)In most empirical studies of neighborhood change, particularly those on the issue of gentrification, the analysis focuses either on variations in population, transformations in the housing market, or modifications in the ... -
Integrating urban ecosystem sustainability assessment into policy-making: insights from the Gold Coast City
(Routledge, 2016)This paper introduces a policy-making support tool called ‘Micro-level Urban-ecosystem Sustainability IndeX (MUSIX)’. The index serves as a sustainability assessment model that monitors six aspects of urban ecosystems – ...
