This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlin... more This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlinked and shape both policymaking and governance mechanisms and resistance practices. Taking a case study from Eskişehir, Turkey, the research examines several urban renewal attempts of a municipality on the same urban lands over two decades that used different laws and policy tools in each case while all of which were annulled by court suits. From a perspective of legal anthropology, the analysis shows the limits of lawfare discussions that remain incapable of explaining cases that cannot be categorized with domination and resistance. Instead of focusing on detecting who wins or loses, the article claims that such complex cases could be understood better by scrutinizing temporal dynamics: how do legal, spatial, and social temporalities intertwine and impact policymaking? More specifically, how does the law's temporality (re)shape urbanization? Even further, what political work do temp...
This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlin... more This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlinked and shape both policymaking and governance mechanisms and resistance practices. Taking a case study from Eskişehir, Turkey, the research examines several urban renewal attempts of a municipality on the same urban lands over two decades that used different laws and policy tools in each case while all of which were annulled by court suits. From a perspective of legal anthropology, the analysis shows the limits of lawfare discussions that remain incapable of explaining cases that cannot be categorized with domination and resistance. Instead of focusing on detecting who wins or loses, the article claims that such complex cases could be understood better by scrutinizing temporal dynamics: how do legal, spatial, and social temporalities intertwine and impact policymaking? More specifically, how does the law's temporality (re)shape urbanization? Even further, what political work do temporalities generate? The article offers Russian-doll urbanization as an analogy and ethnographic metaphor to examine several layers and endlessness of renewal initiatives within the broader process of urbanization. Studying the revelation of each layer unravels entangled temporalities of law and socio-spatial dynamics and their consequences in policymaking and resistance.
Gecekondus, informelle Siedlungen, die ab den 1950-Jahren infolge von Binnenmigration aus ruralen... more Gecekondus, informelle Siedlungen, die ab den 1950-Jahren infolge von Binnenmigration aus ruralen in urbane Gebiete entstanden, sorgten von Beginn an fur offentliche Debatten und politische Kontroversen, die stets im Kontext der wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Entwicklungen der Turkei standen und sich somit kontinuierlich veranderten. Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt gewann der Diskurs uber Gecekondus eine neue Dimension, in deren Mittelpunkt die schlechten Wohnbedingungen und die mangelhafte Bausubtanz dieser Siedlungen stehen, welche in ihrer gegenwartigen Form gegen Naturkatastrophen nicht gewappnet waren. Nunmehr lauft eine umfangreiche Regierungskampagne zur Erneuerung dieser „gefahrdeten Zonen“ um sie „in die Stadte zu reintegrieren“ und den Menschen „gesunde Wohnbedingungen zu bieten“. Im Kontext dieser Stadterneuerungsprojekte kommt die wichtigste Rolle der staatlichen Wohnbaubehorde (TOKI) zu, die seit dem Amtsantritt der „Partei fur Gerechtigkeit und Aufschwung“ im Jahr...
Built on field research and social media research before Vienna’s 2020 local elections, the paper... more Built on field research and social media research before Vienna’s 2020 local elections, the paper tackles the issues of (non)representation and voting tendencies of Vienna’s residents of Turkish origin. Highlighting the concerns, rationales, and agency of voters and non-voters, the paper offers to avoid overgeneralization of people as “cultural others”.
URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY AND STUDIES OF CULTURAL SYSTEMS AND WORLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 2020
This article discusses two main theoretical contributions
on participation and participatory poli... more This article discusses two main theoretical contributions on participation and participatory policy-making that either emphasize its citizen empowering effects or as a neoliberal governance tool that manages populations. It applies these discussions to the Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Eskişehir, Turkey that claimed to be participatory. The emphasis is given to the social democracy claims of the municipality ruled by the center-left party (CHP) which uses participation in order to situate itself in opposition to the municipalities of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the ruling party of Turkey. Through ethnographic evidence, the article challenges shortcomings of the participation discussions.
In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive ren... more In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive renewal,” challenging the theories of critical urban studies that emphasize the disruptive effects of such projects. Built on a discussion about hegemony, which deploys consent and dissent in its organization, this article ethnographically investigates the tactics and strategies of the renewal machine that mobilized and co-opted parts of the locals into the project while invoking layers of dissent, distrust, and discomfort. The article discusses how historically built political, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities were efficiently detected, reconstituted, and put into the service of the renewal machine while revealing tension and dynamism behind the “festive renewal.” It shows a fragility of hegemony that is neither a given nor a completed template.
In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive ren... more In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive renewal,” challenging the theories of critical urban studies that emphasize the disruptive effects of such projects. Built on a discussion about hegemony, which deploys consent and dissent in its organization, this article ethnographically investigates the tactics and strategies of the renewal machine that mobilized and co-opted parts of the locals into the project while invoking layers of dissent, distrust, and discomfort. The article discusses how historically built political, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities were efficiently detected, reconstituted, and put into the service of the renewal machine while revealing tension and dynamism behind the “festive renewal.” It shows a fragility of hegemony that is neither a given nor a completed template.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and
urban renewal experi... more ABSTRACT Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the Karapınar Project in Eskisehir. Methodology/approach: The chapter is built on an anthropological case study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences. Findings The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing Administration (TOKI_) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’, ‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu squatter settlements into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project. Social implications: The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions. Originality/value: The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of ‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for legitimacy. Keywords: Gecekondu; social housing; urban renewal; neoliberal urbanism; Turkey
This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlin... more This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlinked and shape both policymaking and governance mechanisms and resistance practices. Taking a case study from Eskişehir, Turkey, the research examines several urban renewal attempts of a municipality on the same urban lands over two decades that used different laws and policy tools in each case while all of which were annulled by court suits. From a perspective of legal anthropology, the analysis shows the limits of lawfare discussions that remain incapable of explaining cases that cannot be categorized with domination and resistance. Instead of focusing on detecting who wins or loses, the article claims that such complex cases could be understood better by scrutinizing temporal dynamics: how do legal, spatial, and social temporalities intertwine and impact policymaking? More specifically, how does the law's temporality (re)shape urbanization? Even further, what political work do temp...
This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlin... more This article opens a discussion about how temporalities in spatial and legal spheres are interlinked and shape both policymaking and governance mechanisms and resistance practices. Taking a case study from Eskişehir, Turkey, the research examines several urban renewal attempts of a municipality on the same urban lands over two decades that used different laws and policy tools in each case while all of which were annulled by court suits. From a perspective of legal anthropology, the analysis shows the limits of lawfare discussions that remain incapable of explaining cases that cannot be categorized with domination and resistance. Instead of focusing on detecting who wins or loses, the article claims that such complex cases could be understood better by scrutinizing temporal dynamics: how do legal, spatial, and social temporalities intertwine and impact policymaking? More specifically, how does the law's temporality (re)shape urbanization? Even further, what political work do temporalities generate? The article offers Russian-doll urbanization as an analogy and ethnographic metaphor to examine several layers and endlessness of renewal initiatives within the broader process of urbanization. Studying the revelation of each layer unravels entangled temporalities of law and socio-spatial dynamics and their consequences in policymaking and resistance.
Gecekondus, informelle Siedlungen, die ab den 1950-Jahren infolge von Binnenmigration aus ruralen... more Gecekondus, informelle Siedlungen, die ab den 1950-Jahren infolge von Binnenmigration aus ruralen in urbane Gebiete entstanden, sorgten von Beginn an fur offentliche Debatten und politische Kontroversen, die stets im Kontext der wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Entwicklungen der Turkei standen und sich somit kontinuierlich veranderten. Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt gewann der Diskurs uber Gecekondus eine neue Dimension, in deren Mittelpunkt die schlechten Wohnbedingungen und die mangelhafte Bausubtanz dieser Siedlungen stehen, welche in ihrer gegenwartigen Form gegen Naturkatastrophen nicht gewappnet waren. Nunmehr lauft eine umfangreiche Regierungskampagne zur Erneuerung dieser „gefahrdeten Zonen“ um sie „in die Stadte zu reintegrieren“ und den Menschen „gesunde Wohnbedingungen zu bieten“. Im Kontext dieser Stadterneuerungsprojekte kommt die wichtigste Rolle der staatlichen Wohnbaubehorde (TOKI) zu, die seit dem Amtsantritt der „Partei fur Gerechtigkeit und Aufschwung“ im Jahr...
Built on field research and social media research before Vienna’s 2020 local elections, the paper... more Built on field research and social media research before Vienna’s 2020 local elections, the paper tackles the issues of (non)representation and voting tendencies of Vienna’s residents of Turkish origin. Highlighting the concerns, rationales, and agency of voters and non-voters, the paper offers to avoid overgeneralization of people as “cultural others”.
URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY AND STUDIES OF CULTURAL SYSTEMS AND WORLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 2020
This article discusses two main theoretical contributions
on participation and participatory poli... more This article discusses two main theoretical contributions on participation and participatory policy-making that either emphasize its citizen empowering effects or as a neoliberal governance tool that manages populations. It applies these discussions to the Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Eskişehir, Turkey that claimed to be participatory. The emphasis is given to the social democracy claims of the municipality ruled by the center-left party (CHP) which uses participation in order to situate itself in opposition to the municipalities of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the ruling party of Turkey. Through ethnographic evidence, the article challenges shortcomings of the participation discussions.
In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive ren... more In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive renewal,” challenging the theories of critical urban studies that emphasize the disruptive effects of such projects. Built on a discussion about hegemony, which deploys consent and dissent in its organization, this article ethnographically investigates the tactics and strategies of the renewal machine that mobilized and co-opted parts of the locals into the project while invoking layers of dissent, distrust, and discomfort. The article discusses how historically built political, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities were efficiently detected, reconstituted, and put into the service of the renewal machine while revealing tension and dynamism behind the “festive renewal.” It shows a fragility of hegemony that is neither a given nor a completed template.
In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive ren... more In 2012, an urban renewal project in Eskişehir, Turkey, was initiated with claims of “festive renewal,” challenging the theories of critical urban studies that emphasize the disruptive effects of such projects. Built on a discussion about hegemony, which deploys consent and dissent in its organization, this article ethnographically investigates the tactics and strategies of the renewal machine that mobilized and co-opted parts of the locals into the project while invoking layers of dissent, distrust, and discomfort. The article discusses how historically built political, socioeconomic, and gender inequalities were efficiently detected, reconstituted, and put into the service of the renewal machine while revealing tension and dynamism behind the “festive renewal.” It shows a fragility of hegemony that is neither a given nor a completed template.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and
urban renewal experi... more ABSTRACT Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the Karapınar Project in Eskisehir. Methodology/approach: The chapter is built on an anthropological case study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences. Findings The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing Administration (TOKI_) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’, ‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu squatter settlements into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project. Social implications: The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions. Originality/value: The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of ‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for legitimacy. Keywords: Gecekondu; social housing; urban renewal; neoliberal urbanism; Turkey
Social Housing and Urban Renewal: A Cross-National Perspective, 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and urban renewal experie... more Abstract Purpose The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the Karapınar Project in Eskişehir.
Methodology/approach The chapter is built on an anthropological case study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences.
Findings The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’, ‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu – squatter settlements – into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project.
Social implications The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions.
Originality/value The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of ‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for legitimacy.
Keywords: Gecekondu , social housing, urban renewal, neoliberal urbanism, Turkey
CfP - see attached file for details
Closing date: 21 March 2022
panel P023 "Health policies in ... more CfP - see attached file for details
Closing date: 21 March 2022
panel P023 "Health policies in chronic and crisis times: Contradictions and vulnerabilities among dispossessed populations" has been accepted by #easabelfast2022 scientific committee.
Conveners: Julius-Cezar MacQuarie New Europe College & CEU Democracy Institute Cansu Civelek University of Vienna & CEU Democracy Institute
Discussant: Violetta Zentai CEU Democracy Institute
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on participation and participatory policy-making that either
emphasize its citizen empowering effects or as a neoliberal governance
tool that manages populations. It applies these discussions
to the Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Eskişehir, Turkey that
claimed to be participatory. The emphasis is given to the social
democracy claims of the municipality ruled by the center-left party
(CHP) which uses participation in order to situate itself in opposition
to the municipalities of the Justice and Development Party
(AKP), the ruling party of Turkey. Through ethnographic evidence,
the article challenges shortcomings of the participation discussions.
Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and
urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to
and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the
postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the
Karapınar Project in Eskisehir.
Methodology/approach: The chapter is built on an anthropological case
study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes
insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and
planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the
renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences.
Findings The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing
Administration (TOKI_) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’,
‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu
squatter settlements into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project.
Social implications: The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions.
Originality/value: The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of
‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated
with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into
the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the
meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for
legitimacy.
Keywords: Gecekondu; social housing; urban renewal; neoliberal
urbanism; Turkey
on participation and participatory policy-making that either
emphasize its citizen empowering effects or as a neoliberal governance
tool that manages populations. It applies these discussions
to the Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Eskişehir, Turkey that
claimed to be participatory. The emphasis is given to the social
democracy claims of the municipality ruled by the center-left party
(CHP) which uses participation in order to situate itself in opposition
to the municipalities of the Justice and Development Party
(AKP), the ruling party of Turkey. Through ethnographic evidence,
the article challenges shortcomings of the participation discussions.
Purpose: The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and
urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to
and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the
postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the
Karapınar Project in Eskisehir.
Methodology/approach: The chapter is built on an anthropological case
study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes
insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and
planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the
renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences.
Findings The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing
Administration (TOKI_) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’,
‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu
squatter settlements into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project.
Social implications: The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions.
Originality/value: The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of
‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated
with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into
the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the
meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for
legitimacy.
Keywords: Gecekondu; social housing; urban renewal; neoliberal
urbanism; Turkey
Purpose
The chapter aims to discuss the social housing history and urban renewal experiences in Turkey while pointing out similarities to and variegations from the urban policy trends in the global north in the postwar era. To carry out these discussions, the chapter focuses on the Karapınar Project in Eskişehir.
Methodology/approach
The chapter is built on an anthropological case study and a self-funded video documentary research that includes insights from local inhabitants, projects’ authorities, urban experts, and planners in order to show contesting claims and views about the renewal, new housing conditions, and economic consequences.
Findings
The Karapınar Renewal Project is a Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ) project which claimed to be a ‘welfare oriented’, ‘renewal on-site’, ‘social housing project’ aiming to turn gecekondu – squatter settlements – into a healthy neighborhood. Yet, these claims fail to meet their promises and only appear to mask the actual rent-seeking motivations of the project.
Social implications
The chapter shows that large economic profits of the authorities create a significant contrast with economic burdens and dispossessions of the poor residents. The locals’ fears about the payments and concerns about changing living conditions are in sharp contradiction with the welfare claims of the state institutions.
Originality/value
The Karapınar Project uses the concepts of ‘social housing’ and ‘welfare state’ which are normally associated with policies of social democratic ideology. Yet, when looking into the reality, it becomes clear that the Karapınar Project shifted the meanings of these concepts and utilized them to create a space for legitimacy.
Keywords:
Gecekondu , social housing, urban renewal, neoliberal urbanism, Turkey
Closing date: 21 March 2022
panel P023 "Health policies in chronic and crisis times: Contradictions and vulnerabilities among dispossessed populations" has been accepted by #easabelfast2022 scientific committee.
Conveners:
Julius-Cezar MacQuarie New Europe College & CEU Democracy Institute
Cansu Civelek University of Vienna & CEU Democracy Institute
Discussant:
Violetta Zentai CEU Democracy Institute
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Use the link below or message here to get in touch wirh Cansu Civelek or myself if you have any questions.
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https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2022/p/11420#