A city was built in Istanbul: Ümraniye

'Lonely Selvi', the deserted place of the last century, is today a crowded and complex district: Ümraniye... Ümraniye, symbolized and 'made famous' by 1 May Neighborhood in the 70s, with its uninterrupted growth process, has become a popular place for social scientists working on urbanization and migration. A typical and unique example. Yes, phenomena such as shantytowns, internal migration, urbanism, localism, fellow citizens' solidarity, and land mafia, which have been the subject of so many words and comments, form a unique whole in Ümraniye through typical parts; Some of the internal migration passengers here say "Last stop!" says. But there are many 'Ümraniye' within Ümraniye. Some richer, some poorer neighborhoods; some more 'social', some more lonely households; some stronger, some more exhausted people... Ümraniye, like its counterparts, is a place that reflects the "general" but cannot be understood with far-reaching generalizations... Phenomena such as slums, urbanization, and internal migration no longer tolerate simple generalizations. The field research, directed and transcribed by Sema Erder, examines Ümraniye in detail as a 'residential area'. From slums to 'family apartments', from headmen to 'municipalists', from fellow citizens' associations to friendship relations, from those who set up their own businesses in a short time to the unemployed, Ümraniye, the new 'hometown' where hometowns meet...



Number of Pages: 310

Year of Printing: 2006


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 310

First Print Year: 2006

Language Turkish