IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/cipsxx/v16y2011i1p73-96.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Bulldozer Neo-liberalism in Istanbul: The State-led Construction of Property Markets, and the Displacement of the Urban Poor

Author

Listed:
  • John Lovering
  • Hade Türkmen

Abstract

Istanbul is undergoing a radical and dramatic restructuring as the authorities seek to bring about a 'Neoliberal Modernisation' of the city. This centres on the promotion of market-oriented rationality, and private property. Current plans envisage restructuring huge swathes of the city to bring about functioning land and property markets. The resulting threat to residents and communities has provoked widespread but sporadic resistance. This paper sets the pressure for the social 'purging' of Istanbul in the context of the global spread of Authoritarian NeoLiberalism. After describing the main features of the Turkish variant, and noting the parallels to autocratic rule in late Ottoman Istanbul, it traces the impact on local communities. Three cases studies of responses to regeneration plans, drawn from both the European and Asian sides of the city, reveal the diversity of local responses.

Suggested Citation

  • John Lovering & Hade Türkmen, 2011. "Bulldozer Neo-liberalism in Istanbul: The State-led Construction of Property Markets, and the Displacement of the Urban Poor," International Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 73-96, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:16:y:2011:i:1:p:73-96
    DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2011.552477
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13563475.2011.552477
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13563475.2011.552477?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Mine Eder & Özlem Öz, 2015. "Neoliberalization of Istanbul's Nightlife: Beer or Champagne?," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(2), pages 284-304, March.
    2. Nur Bahar Sakizlioglu & Justus Uitermark, 2014. "The Symbolic Politics of Gentrification: The Restructuring of Stigmatized Neighborhoods in Amsterdam and Istanbul," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 46(6), pages 1369-1385, June.
    3. Iban, Muzaffer Can, 2020. "Lessons from approaches to informal housing and non-compliant development in Turkey: An in-depth policy analysis with a historical framework," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    4. Verlinghieri, Ersilia, 2020. "Learning from the grassroots: A resourcefulness-based worldview for transport planning," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 364-377.
    5. Mahir Yazar & Dina Hestad & Diana Mangalagiu & Ali Kerem Saysel & Yuge Ma & Thomas F. Thornton, 2020. "From urban sustainability transformations to green gentrification: urban renewal in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 160(4), pages 637-653, June.
    6. Bahar Sakizlioğlu, 2014. "Inserting Temporality into the Analysis of Displacement: Living Under the Threat of Displacement," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 105(2), pages 206-220, April.
    7. Albert Fu, 2016. "Neoliberalism, logistics and the treadmill of production in metropolitan waste management: A case of Turkish firms," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 53(10), pages 2099-2117, August.
    8. Sinan Erensü & Ozan Karaman, 2017. "The Work of a Few Trees: Gezi, Politics and Space," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(1), pages 19-36, January.
    9. Ozan Karaman, 2013. "Urban Neoliberalism with Islamic Characteristics," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(16), pages 3412-3427, December.
    10. Salihoğlu, Tayfun & Albayrak, Ayşe Nur & Eryılmaz, Yaşasın, 2021. "A method for the determination of urban transformation areas in Kocaeli," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    11. Cengiz, Serhat & Atmiş, Erdoğan & Görmüş, Sevgi, 2019. "The impact of economic growth oriented development policies on landscape changes in Istanbul Province in Turkey," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:16:y:2011:i:1:p:73-96. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/cips20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.