An urban heritage that transform to survive: the case of Gençlik Parkı
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2016
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Urban parks are considered as very dynamic elements that both reflect socio economic transformations and contribute to shape those social and economic conditions. The current study focuses on the case of Geçlik Parkı (Youth Park) in Ankara, Turkey to examine how the park has transformed with respect to changing social and economic conditions. Occurred transformations have been analysed in four periods (1900-1950: early republican period, 1950-1980: rural migrations and urban change, 1980-2000: decline of the park, 2000-present: rebirth within Islamic neoliberalism). Each period is analysed on the basis of its social and economic character, cultural specificities and spatial dimension with particular emphasis on Gençlik Parkı.
The first period covers the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and its spatial implications. The city of Ankara selected as the capital of the republic and considered as the concretisation ground of the early republican ideals. The city has been planned according to aesthetical and functional standards as urban planning has been considered as a tool to realise a number of social and cultural policies. Being part of the process Gençlik Parkı appeared as an urban element that both reflect the social and economic aims of the early republic and as a tool to intervene into social and economic processes to form modern and secular westernised society. In this period Gençlik Parkı has been highly utilised by the inhabitants of Ankara as a social, cultural and sport centre.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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