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Encyclopedia > Gecekondu
A gecekondu neighbourhood in Ankara
A gecekondu neighbourhood in Ankara

Gecekondu is defined by The New Redhouse Portable English-Turkish Turkish-English Dictionary as a house put up quickly without proper permissions; squatter's house; a shack of a house, shanty, shack. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 685 KB) Gecekondu neighborhood, Ankara. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 685 KB) Gecekondu neighborhood, Ankara. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ...

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Etymology

In Turkish, "gece" means night and "kondu" means placed or put; thus the term "gecekondu" literally means placed (built) overnight.


Usage

In common usage, it refers to the low cost apartment buildings or houses that were constructed in a very short time by people migrating from rural areas to the outskirts of the large cities. Robert Neuwirth writes in his book Shadow Cities that these squatters are exploiting a legal loophole which states that if one starts building after dusk and moves into a completed house before dawn the same day without having being noticed by the authorities, then the next day the authorities are not permitted to tear the building down but instead must begin a legal proceeding in court (and thus it is more likely one can stay). Such buildings may be constructed without going through the necessary procedures required for construction, such as acquiring building permits, and can be very densely populated. Neuwirth states that "half the residents of Istanbul - perhaps six million people - dwell in gecekondu homes"[1]. Robert Neuwirth is an American journalist and author. ... The Chien Rouge in Lausanne, a squat held in the old hospital. ...


The gecekondu phenomenon is directly linked with the problems of unemployment and poverty in the rural areas of Turkey, especially in the east of the country. In many instances entire villages have migrated to the outskirts of the large industrialized cities in order to seek a better standard of living.


At present, some gecekondu areas are being gradually demolished and replaced by modern mass-housing compounds developed by the Turkish government's Housing Development Administration.


References

  1. ^ Page 8, Neuwirth, R (2004) Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World, Routledge ISBN 0415933196

See Also

The Chien Rouge in Lausanne, a squat held in the old hospital. ... Shanty town in Manila, Philippines. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

  • TOKI
  • The European Journal of Turkish Studies, Thematic Issue N°1 Gecekondu

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Emre Kongar, "A survey of familial change in two Turkish gecekondu areas", in J (3826 words)
Gecekondu areas grow very rapidly and the lack, or weak enforcement, of master plans in metropolitan areas is the major contributory factor to such a development.
The gecekondu population of the city consists of about 200,000, most of whom moved into the city more than ten years ago (61 per cent; the comparable figure for Izmir as a whole is 71 per cent).
It could be said, therefore, that, in terms of size, the gecekondu family in Turkey is quite urbanized, and that this urbanization is probably affected by the level of industrialization in the city in which the family lives.
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Open a space for your self.« was the information of the previous advertisement for Iİstanbul and for Karlsruhe we want to add some other things like the gecekondus was originally from İstanbul and that you can make these houses in one night and in any part of the city that suits you.
The project was to look to the city through gecekondu as not like it is just a house but also a way of thinking and living and adding to the city and to the life.
To look to İstanbul through the issue of Gecekondu, which is just taken as something illegal that the »others« are making and that the others are harming the city.
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