Urban participation, civil society and ‘gecekondu’ (slum areas): a sample of a ‘gecekondu’ neighborhood and a neighborhood organization from Ankara

Authors

  • Ozge Ozgur Yrd.Doc.Dr. Adiyaman University.
  • Gonca Polat Uluocak Öğretim Görevlisi, Başkent Üniversitesi

Keywords:

Urbanization, urban participation, civil society, gecekondu (slam areas)

Abstract

The discussion on urbanization in Turkey is now enriched by the concepts of urban participation and local democracy. This study is based on a research conducted for understanding the relationship between gecekondu and civil society in the frame of participation and urban participation.  In the study, which aims to present the relation between Şirindere neighborhood and an NGO as a neighborhood organization “Çiğdemim” in Çiğdem district, Ankara; the results show that the picture was far away from integrated participation for the neighborhood citizens. The place of civil society in the urban participation and the role of dialogue and interaction in overcoming the obstacles are emphasized.

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Author Biographies

Ozge Ozgur, Yrd.Doc.Dr. Adiyaman University.

Özge Özgür is graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Social Work in 2003. She worked as a research asisstant in Hacettepe University department of social work for 5 years. After she completed her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 and Phd degree in 2009 at Hacettepe University she began to work as a assisstant professor and lecturer at Adiyaman University. Her research interests are migration, multicultural social work, arts therapies and social work, violence, youth and social work theory and research.

Gonca Polat Uluocak, Öğretim Görevlisi, Başkent Üniversitesi

Gonca Polat Uluocak is graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Social Work in 2003. After working in Akdeniz University Hospital Department of Child Psychiatry as social worker for 2 years, she completed her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 in Hacettepe University. Currently, she is having her PhD in Hacettepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences in the field of Social Work and working as lecturer in Baskent University Department of Social Work.

Her research interests are migration and mental health, drug addiction, social work theory and research.

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Published

2011-01-14

How to Cite

Ozgur, O., & Polat Uluocak, G. (2011). Urban participation, civil society and ‘gecekondu’ (slum areas): a sample of a ‘gecekondu’ neighborhood and a neighborhood organization from Ankara. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 230–247. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1489

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Sociology

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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