Urban Transformation Current Practices And Current Laws Turkey Example.

It is the production and implementation of projects for demolition,reconstruction, revitalization, rehabilitation or restructuring in order toreconsider urban development in terms of social, economic and spatial aspectsand to make problematic areas in the city healthy and livable. In summary,urban transformation means eliminating the problems that disrupt the fabric ofa city. In slum transformation/urban renewal projects, it is aimed to"restructure the illegal construction areas and areas that have reached the endof their economic life in the city, in accordance with the rezoning standards,by providing all the necessary urban and social equipment services and takinginto account all possible natural disaster risks." Urban transformation shouldnot turn into a practice of dispossessing and displacing the urban poor; Thisresource transfer should not proceed through the liquidation of slum areas andinformal settlements, which are the places of lower income groups, throughurban transformation and the opening of their lands to expensive projects(Harvey 2008). In Istanbul, worn-out historical areas within the city(Sulukule, Tarlabaşı, Fener, Balat, Ayvansaray, Tokludede Türk Mahallesi,etc.) and slum areas (Küçükçekmece Ayazma, etc.) are being liquidatedthrough urban transformation. The process is carried out in cooperation withlocal governments and TOKİ.