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Urban Poverty in Turkey: Development and Modernisation in Low-Income Communities

by Burcu Şenturk
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781784536534
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris & Company
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: GBP 140.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 386 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Islamic Studies, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, and Middle East / General

Gecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, many of which have migrated from the villages of Central Anatolia. The rise of the Islamist party AKP in the 1990s and 2000s had a large impact on how these gecekondus are examined, and how they are perceived to reflect key issues at play in Turkish society: welfare, local identity, religious communities and the rise of civil society. Having lived in one of these neighbourhoods in Ankara, Burcu ?enturk's book sheds light on the experience of gecekondu dwelling in Turkey. By focusing on this aspect, she brings to the fore issues such as urbanisation, modernisation and development, as well as examining the impact these kinds of phenomena have on generation gaps and the role of women in Turkish society. By using the framework of the experience of three generations of gecekondu dwellers, ?enturk is able to chart the emergence, development and the gradual breakdown of social relations, and how the dynamics of these have changed during the course of the latter half of the twentieth century."

Burcu senturk graduated from Bogazici University with a BA in Political Science and International Relations before going on to complete an MSc in Sociology from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of York. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Business Administration at Ege University in Turkey.

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