Özakın, Emin Özgür2016-01-082016-01-082011http://hdl.handle.net/11693/15598Ankara : The Department of Interior Architecture and Environment Design and the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2011.Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Bilkent University, 2011.Includes bibliographical references leaves 127-136.Beyoğlu provides uniquely rich material for a discussion on space and identity. Ever since its very foundation, the district has accommodated different nations, cultures, religions and architectural styles which were blended into a unique amalgam. Even if Beyoğlu fitted in the socio-political fabric of the Ottoman Empire, along with the Turkish modernization, there aroused a discontent over its identity. In the 20th century, Beyoğlu was turned into a contaminating element for the Turkish Republic and was subjected to various incidents that attempted to purify its complex identity. These incidents may well be read with Kristeva‟s “abjection”, a concept that serves in identity construction by simultaneously inventing and excluding an element of fear, revulsion, and hatred. Abjection towards Beyoğlu and its components were commonly masked by a nostalgic discourse that invented a pure bygone identity. In the 20th century, Beyoğlu has become a defiled resource, serving to perform and generate identities; but mostly chauvinist, nationalist, religious, and moralist ones. This fact necessitates a critical distance towards the essentialist view of identity construction operating with abjection, where the abject figure is merely regarded as something to be annihilated. Supported with an ethical dimension, post-structuralist ontology provides a non-violent and sustainable approach towards identity construction that necessarily includes the excluded.ix, 142 leaves, illustrationsEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessbeyoğluidentitabjectabjectionnostalgiapurificationchoraHT119 .O93 2011Sociology, Urban--Turkey--Cross-cultural studies.Depth perception.Cities and towns--Turkey--Case studies.Space (Architecture)Architecture and society--Turkey--Istanbul.Group identity.Community life--Turkey--Istanbul.ThesisB126149