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The main argument of this thesis is that "there exists an incompatibility between the needs of the low-income households and the perceptions and attitudes of the planners and architects, and that unless this is resolved the situation is likely to worsen, the ultimate result of w…

This study is generated by the limited understanding on how the planning system changes from state driven planning to an empowered participatory planning model. Planning theory literatures lack an understanding of how the new model of planning system emerged in the society espec…

The post war period in Turkey witnessed a phase of rapid urbanization that strongly shaped the social and political environment during the 1960s and the 1970s. In this period, marked by the extensive politicization of the urban masses, urban problems entered into the realm of da…