A Historical Approach to The Development of Housing Policies in Türkiye

The concept of urbanization is a process that causes physical, economic and socio-cultural change and transformation of cities. The changes experienced during the urbanization process bring with them many different problems. The most important of these problems is the housing problem, which focuses on sheltering. Within the scope of this study, the housing problem in Türkiye has been examined covering the period from the declaration of the Republic to the present day. A periodization study was carried out due to the different developments that occurred in the process. The housing problem was addressed by examining different housing policies in four periods. In this context, population sizes and changes in society in each period are presented. Many different production methods such as individual production, state-assisted production, build-and-sell, cooperatives have been periodically brought up for discussion. In addition, throughout the process, the laws and regulations regarding housing were examined in detail. With the transition to the planned period, the statements regarding housing in the development plans prepared were deemed important, and detailed analyzes were made on this subject. The literature research conducted within the scope of the study allowed the housing problem to be examined from many different aspects. By examining issues such as changing laws and regulations, economic conjuncture, and differentiation of social structure in the process, the fundamental causes of the housing problem have been opened for discussion. It is anticipated that this study can be a reference source for housing researchers in Türkiye.