Institutionalization of city planning discipline in Türkiye and planning studies during the Republican period

Hale Öncel

doi:10.69992/0.2024.1

Hale Öncel

Year : 2024
Vol : 1
No : 1
Page : 1-24

DOI : 10.69992/0.2024.1

The field of urban planning emerged alongside population growth and urban issues during the Industrial Revolution. It has evolved beyond just urban design to encompass social, economic, and environmental aspects. Initially, urban planning was carried out by architects and urbanist-architects, but as the profession expanded, it led to the establishment of an institutional framework for training urban planners. Turkey’s urban planning discipline has followed similar trends seen in the West. The first city planning studies were carried out by experts invited from abroad, and later, assuming that sufficient professionals were trained, planning studies were carried out by professionals in Türkiye. This study focuses on the institutionalization of urban planning in Turkey until the publication of Zoning Law No. 3194. It examines the development of the first zoning plans and city planning studies in Turkey, as well as the planning studies and plans from the Republic period onwards. An analysis reveals that up to the 1960s, there was a growing emphasis on inter-scale integrity and consistency. Studies delved into detailed drawings, perspectives, views, and building typologies for urban spaces at a smaller scale. After the 1960s, inter-scale integrity and consistency began to weaken in planning processes.In the period that started with Law No. 3194, it is seen that a planning language emerged in which TAKS and KAKS values, floor heights and building arrangements were generally determined. Another criticism is that zoning regulations determine the same criteria for all cities, which do not reflect local characteristics, and this paves the way for the formation of a uniform environment. As a result, the language of planning has changed over time as a result of the growth of cities, enacted laws and interdisciplinary specialization

Cite this Article As : Öncel, H. (2024). Türkiye’de şehir planlama disiplininin kurumsallaşması ve cumhuriyet dönemindeki planlama çalışmaları. Thinking of Urban Decoding Journal (TUDEJ), 1(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.69992/0.2024.1

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Institutionalization of city planning discipline in Türkiye and planning studies during the Republican period, Review Article,
2024, Vol. 1 (1)

Received : 09.07.2024, Accepted : 20.08.2024 , Published Online : 27.09.2024