Far From The City Close to Eachoter: Social Structure in The TOKİ Yapracık Houses / Şehre Uzak Birbirine Yakın: TOKİ Yapracık Toplu Konutlarında Sosyal Yapı

• Main Author: Çiçek Coşkun*
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cyprus International University 2016-05-01
• Series: Folklor/Edebiyat
• Subjects: Social Change; Social Structure; Social Class; Cluster Housing
• Online Access: http://www.folkloredebiyat.org/Makaleler/1469152821_fe-86-14.pdf
• ISSN: 1300-7491; 1300-7491

Nation-State and Western based modernization process is one of the main aims since the foundation of Turkish Republic. In this process, modernization of cities was considered very important. Starting from the 1950s, a big migration process from rural areas to urban areas started in Turkey. This situation accelerated the social change process. Present social structure of the country emerged with the effect of this social change process. While people from different social classes were living together during the traditional neighborhood life, this social structure changed. People from the same social classes preferred living in same/ similar places. But, this structure also started to change in recent years with the effect of government’s housing projects. Aim of this study is to examine the opinion that people from different social classes are living in Housing Development Administration of Turkey’s (TOKİ) cluster housing areas because of their economical price advantages since their location is very far away from the city center and thus, a social structure where people from different social classes are living together may emerge. Throughout this aim, in-depth interviews were done with families living in TOKİ Ankara Yapracık houses