Türkiye’de yürütülmekte olan kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarındaki yaklaşımın Konya Meram’daki kentsel dönüşümle benzerlikleri bulunmaktadır. Türkiye’de deprem riskini en aza indirmek, kentlerdeki yapı stoku kalitesini artırmak amacıyla girişilen kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarının kent…
Prior to the second quarter of the fifth century CE, Carthage was one of the most prosperous and populous cities in the Mediterranean. The demise of Roman rule, the Vandal conquest (c. 439 CE) and the Byzantine conquest (c. 533 CE) fueled social, political and economic change th…
This dissertation introduces a heuristic model that can contribute to a better understanding of the nature of urban transformation in globalizing Middle Eastern cities. It primarily aims to explain the new trends of urban development that are occurring in these cities. New types…
This thesis investigates the discourse production of the media in Turkey; the role of the mainstream media in legitimizing urban transformation policies of the Turkish government and the social agency of alternative media in raising public awareness about the concept of urban tr…
This dissertation is an urban historical account of Mdina, a small fortified citadel in the Mediterranean island of Malta, during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It considers the impact of the 1693 earthquake, the post-earthquake reconstruction efforts of the local churc…
Cartographic sources tell us 18th century Gorée was a rural colonial outpost with few military structures and three distinct villages of African settlement: Gourmettes (free merchants), Habitants (free persons associated with Company headquarters), and captives. The last group a…