Rediscovery of Gautieria graveolens in Turkey (original) (raw)

The Evolution of " Gecekondus " in Turkey, 1950-80 Cemalettin TAŞPINAR

Different development policies and structural changes occured in economy of the country entailed varieties of socio-economic consequecens which affected to a large extent the living conditions of people. Urbanization and its direct consequence, housing problems in the cities could not be thought independent from economic and social realities of the country and conjuncture. In almost all developing countries, most of the people were faced with massive migration flows and housing problems, and due to the ineffectiveness of the governments, they had to solve problems themselves. Almost everywhere these processes ended up with squatting which was called as Gecekondu in Turkish language. No doubt, Gecekondu settlements as an urban reality, especially in metropolises, could not be ignored because both existence and demolishment of these settlements deserved to detailed scrutiny. As a reality of developing country in the twentieth century, squatters or its Turkish version, Gecekondu settlements mushroomed and encircled cities from all quarters. Most of the people, especially politicians were inclined to consider Gecekondus and dwellers of them as a political issue, and approached to their problems with political purposes. However, as I tried to show above, there was an undeniable economic aspect of these settlements because the period 1950-1980, Turkey witnessed unprecedented structural transformations in its economy that directly triggered massive rural to urban migration which inevitably ended up with existence of Gecekondu settlements in the absence of enough houses and high rents in cities.

Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara Miscellaneous Papers 159

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