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Purpose: This article explores the impacts of the changing land-use on urban heat island (UHI) in an urban transformation zone in Ankara (Türkiye). Identifying a characteristic rural landscape until the 1950s, the study area experienced a drastic land-use change by razing the fertile landscape of the city and replacing it with a sealed surface. Development of the squatter houses after the 1960s and, subsequently, the implementation of a new housing morphology have introduced new sceneries, scales and surface conditions that make the study area a noteworthy case to analyze. Design/methodology/approach: Regarding the drastic spatio-temporal change of the study area, this research assesses the impacts of the changing land-use on UHI based on three periods. Using 1957, 1991 and 2021 aerial imaginaries and maps, it analyzes the temperature alteration caused by the changing land-use. To do so, different surface types, green patterns and built-up areas have been modeled using Ankara climatic data and transferred to ENVI-Met to calculate the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) values. Findings: The calculation has been developed over a transect covering an area of 40 m × 170 m, which includes diversity in terms of architecture, landscape and open space elements. To encourage future design strategies, the research findings deliberate into three extents that discuss the lacking climate knowledge in the ongoing urban transformation projects: impervious surface ratio and regional albedo variation, changing aspect ratio and temperature variation at the pedestrian level. Originality/value: Urban transformation projects, being countrywide operations in Türkiye, need to cover climate-informed design strategies. Herein, the article underlines the critical position of design decisions in forming a climate-informed urban environment. Dwelling on a typical model of housing transformation in Türkiye, the research could trigger climate-informed urban development strategies in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article scrutinises popular convictions about Turkiye's 'bridge' status between Asia and Europe in the twenty-first century. Unlike during the Cold War, when Turkiye enjoyed geopolitical leverage due to its proximity to Europe and the Soviet Union, today's geopolitics is shaped by China's rise and the shift of commercial nodes away from the Atlantic and towards the Pacific. This renders Turkiye a peripheral actor in Asia-to-Europe commodity flows, as well as in the ongoing rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Other factors adversely affecting Turkiye's geopolitical significance include the decarbonisation process and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The European Union's declining demand for fossil fuels challenges Turkiye's ambition to become an energy corridor between Central Asia and Europe. Likewise, Turkiye's secondary role in the global supply chains for technology (semiconductors, cobalt, silicon) is undermining its bridge status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Yakup Kadri's novel Ankara is a work that has attracted the attention of the literary public with its subject, thesis, fiction and characters. In this novel, Yakup Kadri deals with the three periods of Ankara, the capital of the newly established state. The first of these is the ordeal times of the National Struggle; the second is the founding days of the Republic; The third is the years 1923-1943, which is also called the early Republican period. Although Ankara is a city utopia, events, facts, places and people are viewed through the eyes of Selma, the protagonist of the novel. It can be said that the author, while describing three different periods of the capital, also tells the three phases of Selma’s life. The life of Selma and the history of the newly established state coincide to a large extent. Indeed, the three men who entered the life of Selma are introduced and told through three different time periods. Selma is married to Ahmet Nazif, Hakkı and Neşet Sabit respectively in three parts of the novel. Each male character is fictionalized to include the dominant features of the period. This article, whose field of study is Yakup Kadri's Ankara, focuses on Selma's private life; it centers on her inner world, her relationships with her spouses, her pleasures and worries. As will be seen more clearly in the future, it is possible to observe the effects, traces and of course the results of everything experienced in Turkey, especially in Ankara, and the change seen in almost every aspect of life between 1919-1943 in the private life of Selma. The 'living' witness of the years of the National Struggle, the proclamation of the Republic and the first twenty years of the new state, the personality of the forty-five-year-old woman, her emotional relationships, human relations, desires and doubts allow us to get to know Selma better as an individual and at the same time. It also reveals the nature of social change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Through this study of the lexicon in learning English as a foreign language, we see that learning the lexicon is a sine qua non for learners since it is thanks to it that they will access effective communication. Also, the integration of digital technology in the teaching-learning of languages is not new, but the web and the great diversity of tools that are increasingly easy to use seem to have had an accelerating effect. So, this research took place in The Ankara University Private Foundation & Anatolian High School (ANKU) in Ankara for the use of digital technology in the context of consolidating lexical memorization in languages. Based on this research, we will ask the question of the effectiveness of memory replays via digital technology in the context of a consolidation of lexical memorization in the medium term versus the use of paper supports. The experiment was carried out in an establishment whose students mainly have a relatively high socio-economic profile. This is a Secondary class, with heterogeneous levels. We will highlight here the fact that in English lessons, students have used the Socrative online exerciser on several occasions since the start of the year on a computer in the computer room for formative assessments (as training and self-evaluation) preceding summative evaluations on paper and that they were therefore accustomed to this digital medium during the experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the production and development of entertainment venues along Park Avenue in Ankara. The study approaches the development as a problem of urban growth and urban planning in Ankara. While piecemeal urban planning paves the way for unintended urban development at the fringe of the city, entertainment venues are produced by the contingency of capital. In such situations, capital owners make use of strategies and politics to produce these places. This study explains why and how such entertainment venues have emerged along Park Avenue, examines the inadequacies of urban planning practices and investigates the prevailing market conditions. There is evidence that the development of these venues along Park Avenue is marked by different periods in which distinctive decisions, relation patterns and events occurred. Through this process, urban land that is earmarked for a particular land function is transformed for entertainment use via fragmentary or/and progressive methods in which capital dynamics are the main determinant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between the Late Ottoman Period and the Republic, furniture factories, workshops, and stores that produced and sold modern furniture, all used various sales policies to advertise their brands and production. These advertisements were placed in various forms of written and visual media such as newspapers, magazines, invitations, flyers, textbooks, and telephone directories. While many of these forms of media are still used in advertising, telephone directories, indispensable in every household until the mid-1990s, have become obsolete and are now merely an object of nostalgia. Although the advertisements of furniture factories/workshops/stores have been partially considered in the historiography of modern interior spaces, there is no scientific publication which considers advertisements in telephone directories. However, telephone directories, also referred to as yellow/white pages, are a primary source of companies' contact information, and also allow yearly developments in the furniture sector to be followed. This study focuses on the advertisements of furniture businesses in the capital by examining Ankara telephone directories dated between 1930 and 1960. The directories were discussed under three headings: the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Within these headings, advertisements were examined in terms of the language, target audience, and discourses and visuals, without any attempt to perform a content analysis. In some cases, advertisements in different media forms were included in the narrative. It was determined that while the furniture sector in Ankara developed over the years, furniture factories/workshops/stores did not use the advertising spaces in the directories effectively. Salti Franko, Salahaddin Refik, Sebat Carpenter Factory, Haracci Brothers, Hatay Furniture, and Anatolian Furniture Market were amongst the businesses that advertised in the directories using advertisements with rational messages which reflected the taste and discourses of the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The idea of community in sociospatial studies, which emerges from territorial explanations rooted in rural settlements, has become less well defined due to urbanization. In the complex structure of modern cities, while community can be generally considered in terms of the social networks of members, the territorial dimensions of living environments persist within the new generic city structure. This is because while the sense of community may be constructed socially through relations, the ideological territorial status remains instrumental, especially for local governments who define and control the physical boundaries of communities. This paper considers the tension between the ideological and social conceptions of community in an attempt to understand how the idea of community is spatially manifested by local governments. The paper also discusses how this manifestation leads to the instrumentalization of architecture by local governments in the construction of a particular sense of community and the enhancement of political influence. Accordingly, the spatial typologies for the construction of community proposed by the local governments of Çankaya and Keçiören - Çankaya Evi & Mahalle Konağı - are compared. In terms of socioeconomics and ideology, the two districts are historically two opposing poles in the capital of the Turkish Republic. This is clearly seen in the proposed symbolic, spatial, and programmatic community house typologies. The distinctive architectural symbols and namings by the two local governments of the community housing of both districts clearly exemplify the importance of the notion of community for local governments, as well as how the concept is utilized ideologically through spatial practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyses the networks of grassroots associations which constitute the solidarity economy food chains in Ankara. It is based on a one-year ethnographic study that considered the activities of these networks and connected the ethnographic findings to broader global dynamics related to food chains. The association and networks involved are first described, with a focus on their practices and purposes, and similar cases in other cities in the literature are determined to reach a general conclusion. The main findings of the research are that grassroots associations in Ankara, as with ones triangulated with the existing literature, have a significant impact on the connections between the city and its citizens, as well as between urban and rural areas, by developing alternative practices of food production and exchange. These practices originate from the perceived impoverishment of urban spaces in relation to the loss of both green and farming areas, in addition to local traditional knowledge related to food. Although the social networks of these associations are relatively limited, there is significant potential in terms of advocacy and sensibilization. Moreover, there was growth in critical approaches to urban food and environmental policies during the period of our research due to crises over food prices and COVID-19. The resilience shown by these networks during such times of crisis, as well as their capacity to focus on structural weakness of the food chains in general, and of Ankara urban development model in particular, emphasise the contemporary political relevance of these practices and ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Neoliberal policies, including ones relating to health, education, and urban transformation, impact various aspects of daily life in Turkey. Gentrification is a prominent topic in discussions and research which considers the question of how urban transformation practices in the context of gentrification affect economic and social life. The neighbourhood of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, an area of urban transformation in the Yenimahalle district of Ankara, was examined to investigate this question. The first phase of this renovation project was completed in 2011 through the collaboration of Yenimahalle Municipality and the private sector, specifically the YDA construction company. This study uses semi-structured interviews with 47 participants to analyse the perspectives and experiences of the local residents and individuals who use the social facilities on a daily basis. The first interlocutors of urban transformation, former slum owners, believe that the purpose of transformation is economic profit. This group consider the new environment being offered to them as being little more than a modern slum. According to the participants who relocated to the region after the urban transformation, while the project was successful due to the location of the region, they felt that the transformation should have been carried out in a more equitable manner. Additionally, those who use the social living space built in accordance with the region's dynamics after the urban transformation, report an increase in the mobility of the region and that they feel safe while using the facilities. It was therefore seen that the individuals who utilise communal spaces believe that urban regeneration is highly advantageous for the area. Based on the findings of the research, it was established that economic considerations are prioritised in the implementation of urban regeneration projects, which result in the creation of new areas of dilapidation. As urban regeneration initiatives, in addition to physical revitalisation, may lead to consequences such as increased profit and gentrification, finding common points of agreement for the demands and expectations of all stakeholders and users can increase the success of urban transformation initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to consider ethnic restaurants in Çankaya, Ankara, as being a transnational space, as well as the significance for immigrants of the dishes served. The findings of the study, which are based on semi-structured interviews with the immigrant customers and restaurateurs of these ethnic restaurants, demonstrate the meaning and role of food and ethnic restaurants in how immigrants adapt to their new lives in Ankara by maintaining a permanence in their new city. For participants of the study, ethnic restaurants are not just places that satisfy their hunger, but which also play cultural and social functions and provide a form of self-identity. It can be said that immigrants use these restaurants in two ways: as a refuge that reminds them of their homeland, and as a space for the creation of new social networks and the expression of their cultural identities. The article uses these findings to explore the theme of 'feeling at home', which comes from a form of 'gastro-nostalgia' created by the taste and smells of the national or ethnic food served in the restaurants, as well as from the familiar objects and decorations. The second main theme that is seen from the findings is the feeling of being a 'host' through these restaurants. Participants expressed a sense of 'being in their own space' when they bring guests who are not from their own nation or ethnic group to these restaurants. In this sense, through these restaurants, immigrants can play an active role in introducing a piece of themselves, namely their food and cultural atmosphere, to others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine areas of policy priority by consideration of the demographic structure of the Roma living in the Kale Neighborhood, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Ankara. The economic and social characteristics of the area are also discussed. The data used in the study comes from the pre-test and pilot studies conducted in the Kale Neighborhood as part of Project No. 122R016: "Demographic Integration and Differentials of the Roma Population and Policy Priorities in Turkey", which was made possible by financial support from the TUBITAK 1001 Program. The results of the study show that the average household size in the Kale neighborhood is currently 4.6, and while 51% of households live as a nuclear family, 29% of families are broken in some way. In a neighborhood where 47% percent of population is under the age of 18, it is observed that the proportion of children who attend school decreases rapidly with age, and the general level of education is quite poor. In addition, in a neighborhood where child labor and child marriages are widespread, the average age of first-time marriage is 17 for women and 21 for men. There are an average of 4.2 children per woman in the neighborhood. These findings show that the Kale neighborhood is not typical of modern Turkey in terms of demographics, although it is comparable with the demographic structure of 1980s Turkey. It is seen that the failure of the neighborhood to keep up with the country can be associated with the widespread poverty of the district, as well as the discrimination that Roma people in the neighborhood face in almost every aspect of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Republic of Turkiye administration understood very well how the Ottoman Empire disintegrated in the 19th century. Ataturk, who wanted to build a nation-state from the fragmented empire fragments, viewed the modernization process very critically. Therefore, after the victory of the Turkish War of Independence, another area of the struggle was determined as modernizing the country. In order to achieve this aim, revolutionary movements were initiated in many fields such as political, social, cultural, scientific and similar areas. It was a vital issue to convey the reforms to the people and to have them adopted. At this point, Ataturk deemed it necessary to open intermediary mechanisms to make the people adopt the reforms from the center to the periphery. With this idea, People’s House were first opened in 14 provinces, including Ankara People’s House, on February 19, 1932. Ankara People’s House carried out crucial activities within its sphere of influence to enlighten the public with its modest budget. This influential cultural institution has become a foundation where intellectuals and citizens come together and carry out scientific activities. In line with Atatürk’s principles, Ankara People’s House has made significant efforts to educate the citizens in order to make the people adopt the secular-modern state ideology and has carried out serious work in its field of duty to establish state-nation integration. The cultural institution, which hosted many local and foreign scientists and artists who are experts in their fields, supported Turkey’s modernization policies and struggle with its own resources. In addition, Ankara People’s House, which contributed to the free education of many successful students, helped these students to work in the state bureaucracy in the future. During the early Republic period, more than three quarters of Turkey’s population lived in rural areas. Ankara People’s House, which does not exclude rural areas from its field of interest, visited remote villages through the Peasantism Committee and it executed activities not only to increase the living standards of the citizens but also to reach the villages with state opportunities in the fields of health, education, culture, public works and production. In particular, health screening practices improved the public’s sanitary conditions and reduced epidemics. To sum up, Ankara People’s House provides many outstanding benefits services to Turkish modernization, literature, history, art and Turkish cultural life through its nine branches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

İsmet Pasha was appointed head of the Turkish Delegation to be sent to the Lausanne Conference. He left Ankara on 5 November 1922 and started his journey to Lausanne. The prepared study describes the period from he’s boarding of the train on November 5 to the start of the conference on November 20. In the introduction part of the study, information about İsmet Pasha's appointment as the head of the delegation was given. Then, under the first heading, He’s journey from Ankara to Istanbul, his contacts in Istanbul and his trip to Lausanne were evaluated. In this section, the days between 5-12 November are mentioned. The second title talks about İsmet Pasha's arrival in Lausanne on 12 November, his departure to Paris after the conference was postponed, and his contacts until 20 November, when the conference opened. Although it may seem like a short period of time, it was intended to show that the 15 days before the conference were very busy and difficult. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study aims to develop an agri-food model for the agriculture sector which was prioritized in Ankara Regional Innovation Strategy. The model was designed by Ankara Development Agency and implemented at the pilot level. The model consisted of two components. One of them is technology absorption, which matches technology makers and farmers or companies in order to bring technology to this sector, and another one is an extension model that university, research stations, farmers, and food companies work together to spread innovation. This model will shed light on a different approach in developing countries thanks to technological improvement and the great interest of startups and public policies for the agro-food sector. The pilot model was based on ten matches in between farmers, food firms, and universities. The preliminary results showed that the program was welcomed by farmers and food companies as well as start-ups.

Ankara, located in the center of Asia Minor and founded on an important crossroads, has always been an attraction center for travelers of various religious and national backgrounds. More importantly, it was located on the King’s Road which extended from Mesopotamia to Western Anatolia. Undoubtedly, these characteristic features of the city were noticed by Western travelers. The city was first visited by a Western traveler in the 16th century. The number and frequency of these trips increased over time. The 19th century is considered as the peak point in this regard. Correspondingly this article focused on the opinions of five different Western travelers who visited Ankara during the 19th century and whose names came into prominence. Before that, the period from the 16th to the 19th century was examined. In some cases, Ottoman archival documents were used to check the data provided by the travelers’ resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the establishment of the Republic of Turkey as a modern nation-state, social and spatial organization policies reveal the goals of urbanization and industrialization. Public investments in Anatolia towards the construction of a national independent economy and the elimination of inequalities between regions have enabled the development of both agricultural and industrial production and cities. The capital Ankara has been the pioneer of the urbanization process with its modern urban planning and architecture, and the stable relationship/interaction established between urban space and social life has created the modern urban identity and culture. In this context, the historical, social and spatial accumulation and experience of the Republic has created a strong urban and collective memory. Today, while cities are being restructured with neoliberal urbanism implementations and conservative policies, the urban spaces of past periods, especially the heritage of the founding period of the Republic and Ankara's built environment, are undergoing transformation and destruction. This study examines Turkey's urbanization process (1923-2023) in the context of the relationship between urban space and social life in historical periods and aims to examine the continuity of urban collective memory in the process of change and transformation of urban spaces. The method of the study is based on the integrative literature review. In the process of restructuring cities, practices such as urban transformation, gentrification, deindustrialization lead to the social and spatial inequality and segregation, fragmentation of the urban fabric, loss of identity of cities and cause the urban collective memory to lose its historical continuity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some interesting Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) specimens that have short stems, long stipules and short yellow petals were collected from Nallıhan, Ankara. In the careful examination made, it was seen that the specimens resemble Astragalus ovinus Boiss., A. fabaceus M.Bieb. and A. angustiflorus K.Koch belonging to the section Caprini, but it was determined that there is a difference due especially to some generative characters. After comparison with the closest taxa, it was decided that it is new for science and was named Astragalus nallihanicus. It grows at altitudes between about 850-1050 meters a.s.l. in a pine forest clearing. The size of some morphological features such as stipules (lower ones 17-22 mm long), calyx teeth (8-9 mm long), standards (19-22 mm long), wings (16-18 mm long), legumes (8.3-10.5 mm wide) and the dimensions of the seeds (3.5-4.1 × 2.1-2.5 mm), allow Astragalus nallihanicus to be distinguished from the closest taxa. Here, a description of the new species, comparison with similar taxa, informative photographs, and some ecological preferences have been given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The land is needed for many activities in cities due to rapid urbanization and population growth taking place on a global scale. In order to meet the demands of the increasing population, cities grow towards extensive rural lands and try to meet the citizens' needs for land spatially used for housing, transportation, industrial facilities, and education facilities. The change in urban morphology is one of the most discussed topics in planning from the past to the present, consisting of uniquely complex phenomena. The traditional method of urban science offers approaches based on Euclidean geometry, based on the assumption of uniform growth. However, urban morphology has a multidimensional fractal structure, and it is insufficient to understand the city as a living organism that evolves, changes, and develops very quickly. Since urban growth and expansion are an inevitable reality intertwined with economic growth, spatial changes in cities as living organisms are inevitable. Population growth worldwide is one of the most critical parameters affecting cities' growth. Unplanned growth in cities causes many environmental problems, such as unplanned urbanization. Monitoring and forecasting land changes in urban growth and expansion processes are significant in producing effective regional and urban planning policies. In this process, the concept of urban morphology comes to the fore. In this context, the fractal dimension analysis emerges as a technique of interest. Decreases and increases in fractal values gain meaning by being associated with processes such as expansion and growth observed in cities. Fractal geometry, on the other hand, provides the opportunity to evaluate this complex structure quantitatively. At the same time, it offers a new mathematical framework for describing urban morphology. The study aimed to investigate the development process of the development zone in the western corridor of Ankara, with a fractal analysis to be made at the urban scale through its morphological change. The temporal changes in urban form and texture between 2005-2022 and the morphological character of Ankara are questioned through fractal analysis. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, the western corridor of Ankara was analyzed on an urban scale, and the morphological change in 2039 was estimated within the scope of two different scenarios. The compact growing scenario (GC) proposes a growth model within the boundaries of the determined area. The spreading-growing scenario (GS) assumes a spreading-growth behavior into the land cover, regardless of field boundaries. The GC scenario defines areas where growth will not occur outside the determined western development zone. On the other hand, the GS covers the growth areas produced by assuming that the entire urban geography is suitable for settlement without any restrictions. After defining the scenarios, fractal blots from 2005, 2013, 2022, and 2039 were obtained, and fractal analysis was carried out using the box-counting method. At the same time, it showed that urban spatial richness increased, as the value of 1.63 in 2005 reached 1.85 in GC and 1.98 in growing by GS in 2039. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that the changes in the fractal dimensions obtained at the urban scale, the West development corridor experienced a rapid urbanization process from 2005 to the present, and this process showed urban expansion in the east-west direction. Increases in fractal dimensions also indicate an increase in the complexity of the urban fabric, in other words, spatial richness. The simulation results of the year 2039 using the Cellular Automata - Markov chain method also support these results. Compact and spreading growth approaches produced within the scope of the research resulted in different growth behaviors of the city. While the growth is more controlled in the model restricted by the research area boundaries, the expansion pressure of the city is quite remarkable in the scenario where there is no restriction. The data obtained by this method for West Ankara, which is determined as the development direction of the city with the plan decisions, has significant potential in evaluating the current situation and future spatial patterns. Therefore, the research offers a new perspective to describe the complexity of the urban system. In addition, it is thought to have a guiding quality in the planning processes. The research offers a current perspective and innovation with a scenario-based model based on fractal geometry to describe the complexity of urban morphology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Harhar Deresi Settlement, identified within the scope of Ankara-Niğde Highway Project, ÇSED (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) works, is a singlelayer settlement with rural characteristics that existed during the Early Bronze Age II temporal period. It is an important settlement area in Central Anatolia, especially for the Ankara cultural region. We learn the earliest information about the results of the rescue excavations carried out in Harhar Deresi in 20218-2019 through the KMED (Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment) works prepared within the scope of the ANO Project ÇSED (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) report. The Early Bronze Age II graves shared among the settlement findings are the subject of this article. By making typological distinctions of the graves, inferences have been made about the burial traditions and socioeconomic structure of the Harhar Deresi people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to analyze the relative development of the population of the District of Polatlı during the Republic Period. It also considers how change occurred in the neighborhood according to the spatial distribution of the population. This population is assessed in the study in terms of numbers, rate of increase, rural and urban conditions, age and gender structure, and the change of population density, according to neighborhood, due to twenty-five years of migration. The socioeconomic status of the population is also evaluated. Population figures in Polatlı between 1935 and 1960 were obtained from printed documents published by the State Institute of Statistics (SIS), and from data gathered from general censuses taken by TurkStat between 1965 and 2000. Data between 2010 and 2022 was obtained from the TurkStat (TurkStat, 2023) Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS). The quantitative data obtained was converted into charts using the Excel program and supported with graphics. Population density according to neighborhood was analyzed using the 'Kernel Density Method', and maps were produced made using the program: ArcGIS 10.9. Due to consistent yearly population increase in Polatlı, as well as the district playing an increasingly important role in terms of the military, education, transportation, agriculture, industry, and trade, Polatlı has achieved provincial standards in socioeconomic terms. It is believed that the district will attract more immigrants in the future.

The new concert hall of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and the chorus practice halls in Ankara were inaugurated in 2020 at a special event. This marked not only the end of almost three decades of project development and construction, but the transformation of the site, at least for now. The aim of this paper is to consider the recent history of Ankara to reveal the changes that shaped have this site since the end of the 19th century. Certain assumptions that Ankara was built from scratch, or that it was systematically planned and constructed as part of the plans for the modernization of Republican Turkey, or that the history of the last century could be considered as part of subsequent planning processes, will mostly be suspended when constructing this narrative. The development of this area will be considered as a process of continuities, rather than ruptures, namely rational decisions necessitated by current conditions, instead of the mere whim of planners and/or designers; and suspended meta-narratives will be referred to only when such clarifications alaremain insufficient. In conclusion, it will be discussed if the possibility of turning this area, which has always been absolutely central in the urban fabric and has always been assigned crucial functions for the city, yet never even recognized nor been an indispensable component of everyday life, can have formed the new cultural focus of today's Ankara.

This study is focused on topography and its changing role in determining urban environments. An increasing indifference and neglect towards topography in urban planning practices has recently been observed, and this trend can also be seen in Ankara's urbanization process. The current state of the city, in terms of its unique topography and related waterscape, represents a disconnection from the built environment. In this context, one of the primary objectives of this study is to investigate the process of urbanization within the framework of physical, cultural, and historical topography. The capacity of topography to define both a place and its transformation is examined through the selected area of Karakusunlar, Ankara, and its surroundings. The conducted research on the Karakusunlar area, which represents the distinctive landform character of Ankara, analyzes the geographical, spatial, and cultural transformation of the district, as well as its urbanization, from the 1930s onwards. It is crucial to investigate the history of the site and related experiences in order to comprehend the physical and cultural transformation of topography. The traces left by geography in collective memory are significant layers in terms of how they were used and what meaning they have for locals during different time periods. In this context, this is a field study of Karakusunlar based on findings from historical maps and semi-structured in-depth interviews with individuals who have lived in the area. The main areas that the field study focuses on are landforms, water elements of the area, interventions made to these elements, the spatial attributes of these interventions, the interpretation of place identity based on toponyms, and the mapping of the topographical and spatial transformational process in the Karakusunlar area.

The study examines and evaluates the construction, micro-history, and transformation of an example of urban nature: Papazın Bağı (Pastor's Vineyard). The area is an officially protected natural area and commercial enterprise which has represented the conceptual framework of ‘urban nature.' since the beginning of the 20th century. The turning point in the history of the area is considered to be around the 1960s and 1970s, which is when the vineyard and vineyard house life was abandoned by the Kuloğlu family and the area kavgained the status, as part of the urbanization of the area, of a protected natural resource. The study tells the microhistory of Pastor's Vineyard's in two phases: first the story of the vineyard and vineyard house, and then the urbanization and urban nature process. The factors, actors, and events and, accordingly, the mutual interactions of culture, constructed environment, and nature that led to the transformations that occurred in the urban nature of Pastor's Vineyard are explored in the two phases. The study can be seen as a discussion of Pastor's Vineyard as a multi-factored laboratory sample, or a piece of urban nature that tries to go beyond the conventional narratives of nature being in opposition to the city and human culture.

This study aims to understand how place attachment towards Ankara is considered in Turkish pop music songs. In order to determine which pop music songs mention Ankara, certain restrictions were applied as part of the sampling stage of the study. The data set was comprised of thirty songs, which were analyzed according to the inductive thematic analysis method. The obtained data was evaluated within the scope of place attachment theory. Repetitive content and patterns showed that nine themes were inclusive across the dataset. In order of prevalence, these themes were entitlement, sadness, distance, loneliness, snow and rain, night, gloom, cold, drunkenness, and longing for the sea. Each song comprises and average of 4.3 themes and demonstrates clear thematic similarities between the songs. The common themes that dominate the majority of Turkish pop songs about Ankara are examples of negative place attachment. The negative place attachment towards Ankara among Turkish pop music songs is discussed with consideration of Istanbul-based culture industry, and the reproduction of cliché based on the repetition of common themes about Ankara. The study is expected to contribute to the literature gap on urban culture studies and highlight the topic of attachment-music interaction in Turkey. Depending on qualitative research design, the study is limited in terms of the subjective interpretation of results and underrepresentation within the field of research.

The aim of this study is to discuss how an effective governance process should be established for Atatürk Forest Farm's (AFF) urban policies, spatial planning, and the implementation thereof. The first stage of the process is to discuss complex systems and governance concepts in spatial planning. In the second stage, the transformation process of AFF between 1925 and 2022 was analyzed in three different periods through considering existing literature and the archival research of various institutions in terms of key historical, spatial, legal, and administrative matters. In each period, a number of practices were examined, namely: transfer/sale legislation related to the area; practices, such as leasing activities, zoning plans, and planning changes regarding the disposal of land; decisions related to protected areas and urban transformation; spatial interventions made regarding renewal areas; and actors contributing to these interventions and the transformations experienced. In the third and final stage, solutions are proposed for how a decision process approach should be developed for the effective governance in the spatial development and transformation of AFF.

Traffic accidents are a widespread global problem causing significant threats to human life and socioeconomic impacts. Traffic accidents are becoming more common due to the increase in population and the number of vehicles and therefore pose severe threats to human life. This study investigates the spatial and temporal characteristics of traffic accidents that occurred in Ankara between 2013 and 2020. In this context, the annual, monthly, daily, and hourly distribution of accidents were investigated to analyse the temporal characteristics of traffic accidents. In addition, Optimised Hot Spot Analysis was used to analyse the spatial characteristics, and Emerging Hot Spot Analysis was used to reveal spatiotemporal characteristics. The results reveal that the number of accidents increased until 2018 but showed a marked decrease in the last two years. It is emphasised that the decrease, especially in 2020, is closely related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, there is an increase in the number of fatal accidents during the summer months, weekends, and night and morning hours. Traffic accidents and injuries are spatially clustered in the city centre, while fatal accidents are clustered not only in the city centre but also on the highways that provide access to the surrounding districts and provinces. The spatiotemporal distribution shows increasing trends with different hot spot patterns in these regions. The obtained results reveal that there are temporal and spatial patterns that vary according to the type of accident and traffic actors. This study guides local and national institutions in determining effective road safety policies to reduce traffic accidents in Ankara. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although sustainable transportation is generally referred to with air pollution, global wanning and climate change; it refers to a wide transportation structure that is sustainable in terms of economic, social and environmental effects. In this study, Ankara's sustainable urban transportation performance was compared with Istanbul, Izmir, Konya and Antalya, using the Sustainable Urban Transportation Index (SURKENT), which was previously developed by the author. In SURKENT, 15 sub-indicators are defined under 4 main indicators. The main indicators are Environmental Performance (EP), Transportation Performance (TP), Energy Performance (EnP) and Municipality Governance Performance (MGP). 4 sub-indicators were used under Environmental Performance, 7 under Transportation Performance, 2 under Energy Performance and 2 sub-indicators under Municipality Governance Performance. Minimum-maximum normalization was used for sub-indicators containing quantitative data, and 0-100 scoring was used for qualitative data. The ranking of cities with the highest sustainable urban transportation performance was found as follows: Istanbul, izmir, Konya, Ankara, Antalya. Ankara; it is 3rd in EP, 3rd in TP, 5th in EnP and 2nd in MGP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a result of the characteristics of Ankara Clay, such as its overconsolidated, active, highly plastic, and stiff consistency, obtaining undisturbed samples is challenging and adversely affects the reliability of laboratory test results. Due to this problem, studies in the literature have been mainly limited to shallow depths and no depth-related evaluation has been performed. Within the scope of this research, soil characterization studies related to depth have been carried out using approximately 5500 samples obtained from in-situ field and laboratory tests from clay units located in the west of Ankara at different depths. The frequency distributions of geotechnical parameters have been statistically examined, empirical equations have been developed between parameters, and the effect of sample disturbance has been evaluated. To quantify the effect of disturbance and to verify the accuracy of the identified relationships between soil parameters, laboratory test results have been compared with the existing literature, and sensitivity changes between undisturbed-disturbed and remolded samples, in terms of undrained shear strength (Cu) and liquidity index (LI) values, have been identified. Considering these studies, an approach for identifying disturbed samples has been proposed. The method was tested with validation studies using laboratory results from clayey soils with similar soil properties. As a result of excluding the samples detected as disturbed within the proposed method from the dataset, high percentages of increases have been observed in the success of predicting undrained shear strength in the empirical equations developed both in the literature and within the scope of the study. In conclusion, the present study has not only provided a detailed depth-dependent characterization of the Ankara Clay, but also a new perspective for evaluating the effects of disturbance on sensitive clay samples. These findings have practical implications, especially in civil and geotechnical engineering where soil behavior at different depths is essential for the stability and design safety of underground structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is crucial to evaluate the usage practices of social networks in sustaining the urban brand. In this study, we discussed how museums as social memory spaces are subject to social media posts. The study is noteworthy because it gives an opinion about social media posts of museum visitors and determines the approach to museums in the formation of an urban brand. Accordingly, we examined the Instagram posts of social media users related to museums in Ankara via content analysis. We found that the posts shared were mainly photos. Museums were the greatest data source for the corporate Instagram accounts according to sharing frequency and they were all foundation and private museums. Examining the purposes of sharing, we determined a multidirectional social media use in the dimensions of communication via announcement, publicity and informing. Analysing the use of hashtags related to museums in the process of creating a brand city revealed that museums highlighted themselves, their activities and the city where they are located. The experience of visiting the museum creates the opinion that there is an impression of the brand value of the city where the museum is located. As a result of the study, we found that it is necessary to organize a campaign based on a specific motto to be shared by corporate accounts of museums, personal accounts of visitors, and Instagram content creators to strengthen the positioning of Ankara museums related to the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first of the series of Graduate Symposia for the History of Religions took place in Ankara on May 8-9, 2023 hosted by Social Sciences University of Ankara. The symposium, which lasted for two days, started with welcome addresses and an opening session. It was completed in 11 sessions with the participation of History of Religions academics from various universities and the presentation of 55 graduate researchers. In addition to the original works of speakers on various topics, the valuable evaluations of the leading academics in the field of History of Religions about the studies in the field and the conference provided insight to the participants and listeners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to discuss how an effective governance process should be established for Atatürk Forest Farm's (AFF) urban policies, spatial planning, and the implementation thereof. The first stage of the process is to discuss complex systems and governance concepts in spatial planning. In the second stage, the transformation process of AFF between 1925 and 2022 was analyzed in three different periods through considering existing literature and the archival research of various institutions in terms of key historical, spatial, legal, and administrative matters. In each period, a number of practices were examined, namely: transfer/sale legislation related to the area; practices, such as leasing activities, zoning plans, and planning changes regarding the disposal of land; decisions related to protected areas and urban transformation; spatial interventions made regarding renewal areas; and actors contributing to these interventions and the transformations experienced. In the third and final stage, solutions are proposed for how a decision process approach should be developed for the effective governance in the spatial development and transformation of AFF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is focused on topography and its changing role in determining urban environments. An increasing indifference and neglect towards topography in urban planning practices has recently been observed, and this trend can also be seen in Ankara's urbanization process. The current state of the city, in terms of its unique topography and related waterscape, represents a disconnection from the built environment. In this context, one of the primary objectives of this study is to investigate the process of urbanization within the framework of physical, cultural, and historical topography. The capacity of topography to define both a place and its transformation is examined through the selected area of Karakusunlar, Ankara, and its surroundings. The conducted research on the Karakusunlar area, which represents the distinctive landform character of Ankara, analyzes the geographical, spatial, and cultural transformation of the district, as well as its urbanization, from the 1930s onwards. It is crucial to investigate the history of the site and related experiences in order to comprehend the physical and cultural transformation of topography. The traces left by geography in collective memory are significant layers in terms of how they were used and what meaning they have for locals during different time periods. In this context, this is a field study of Karakusunlar based on findings from historical maps and semi-structured in-depth interviews with individuals who have lived in the area. The main areas that the field study focuses on are landforms, water elements of the area, interventions made to these elements, the spatial attributes of these interventions, the interpretation of place identity based on toponyms, and the mapping of the topographical and spatial transformational process in the Karakusunlar area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to understand how place attachment towards Ankara is considered in Turkish pop music songs. In order to determine which pop music songs mention Ankara, certain restrictions were applied as part of the sampling stage of the study. The data set was comprised of thirty songs, which were analyzed according to the inductive thematic analysis method. The obtained data was evaluated within the scope of place attachment theory. Repetitive content and patterns showed that nine themes were inclusive across the dataset. In order of prevalence, these themes were entitlement, sadness, distance, loneliness, snow and rain, night, gloom, cold, drunkenness, and longing for the sea. Each song comprises and average of 4.3 themes and demonstrates clear thematic similarities between the songs. The common themes that dominate the majority of Turkish pop songs about Ankara are examples of negative place attachment. The negative place attachment towards Ankara among Turkish pop music songs is discussed with consideration of Istanbul-based culture industry, and the reproduction of cliché based on the repetition of common themes about Ankara. The study is expected to contribute to the literature gap on urban culture studies and highlight the topic of attachment-music interaction in Turkey. Depending on qualitative research design, the study is limited in terms of the subjective interpretation of results and underrepresentation within the field of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examines and evaluates the construction, micro-history, and transformation of an example of urban nature: Papazın Bağı (Pastor's Vineyard). The area is an officially protected natural area and commercial enterprise which has represented the conceptual framework of 'urban nature.' since the beginning of the 20th century. The turning point in the history of the area is considered to be around the 1960s and 1970s, which is when the vineyard and vineyard house life was abandoned by the Kuloğlu family and the area kavgained the status, as part of the urbanization of the area, of a protected natural resource. The study tells the microhistory of Pastor's Vineyard's in two phases: first the story of the vineyard and vineyard house, and then the urbanization and urban nature process. The factors, actors, and events and, accordingly, the mutual interactions of culture, constructed environment, and nature that led to the transformations that occurred in the urban nature of Pastor's Vineyard are explored in the two phases. The study can be seen as a discussion of Pastor's Vineyard as a multi-factored laboratory sample, or a piece of urban nature that tries to go beyond the conventional narratives of nature being in opposition to the city and human culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new concert hall of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and the chorus practice halls in Ankara were inaugurated in 2020 at a special event. This marked not only the end of almost three decades of project development and construction, but the transformation of the site, at least for now. The aim of this paper is to consider the recent history of Ankara to reveal the changes that shaped have this site since the end of the 19th century. Certain assumptions that Ankara was built from scratch, or that it was systematically planned and constructed as part of the plans for the modernization of Republican Turkey, or that the history of the last century could be considered as part of subsequent planning processes, will mostly be suspended when constructing this narrative. The development of this area will be considered as a process of continuities, rather than ruptures, namely rational decisions necessitated by current conditions, instead of the mere whim of planners and/or designers; and suspended meta-narratives will be referred to only when such clarifications alaremain insufficient. In conclusion, it will be discussed if the possibility of turning this area, which has always been absolutely central in the urban fabric and has always been assigned crucial functions for the city, yet never even recognized nor been an indispensable component of everyday life, can have formed the new cultural focus of today's Ankara. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze the relative development of the population of the District of Polatlı during the Republic Period. It also considers how change occurred in the neighborhood according to the spatial distribution of the population. This population is assessed in the study in terms of numbers, rate of increase, rural and urban conditions, age and gender structure, and the change of population density, according to neighborhood, due to twenty-five years of migration. The socioeconomic status of the population is also evaluated. Population figures in Polatlı between 1935 and 1960 were obtained from printed documents published by the State Institute of Statistics (SIS), and from data gathered from general censuses taken by TurkStat between 1965 and 2000. Data between 2010 and 2022 was obtained from the TurkStat (TurkStat, 2023) Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS). The quantitative data obtained was converted into charts using the Excel program and supported with graphics. Population density according to neighborhood was analyzed using the "Kernel Density Method", and maps were produced made using the program: ArcGIS 10.9. Due to consistent yearly population increase in Polatlı, as well as the district playing an increasingly important role in terms of the military, education, transportation, agriculture, industry, and trade, Polatlı has achieved provincial standards in socioeconomic terms. It is believed that the district will attract more immigrants in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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