ANKARA, 1923-1950: THE SOCIO-SPATIAL MANIFESTATION OF
REPUBLICAN WILL
Tak, Ahmet
Ph. D., Department of Sociology
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Ö / zcan
February 2007, 248 pages
The social, cultural, aesthetic, and spatial aspects of the urban transformation in its specific relationship with a certain ideology is examined in the study. Ankara, as the capital city of a new state, is regarded as a materialized reflection of the modernization program of the Kemalist ideology which defined the main foundations of the Republic and shaped its formation. The formation process of Ankara is tried to
be understood in a historical deepness. Therefore, in order to comprehend the nature of the social transformation, in a historical context, Istanbul is taken into consideration as a model for the traditional Ottoman city because it had represented the Ottoman urban ideals with its social, cultural and aesthetic aspects. From the Ottoman period to the Republican, the structural transformation of the cities is tried
to be studied with referring to a notion of crisis which has covered the cultural area.
Ankara had been the most important place where the endeavors of the Republican elite to build a nation and to create a national culture and identity had became manifest explicitly and in the most pure form. Therefore, the creation process of Ankara presents us an important exemple to understand social and cultural dimensions of the Turkish modernization in the Republican period. In the context of
Ankara, the process of establishing a modern and national high culture and identity in the tensions between modernity and traditionalism and its consequences are
examined in the study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608963/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2007 |
| Creators | Tak, Ahmet |
| Contributors | Ozcan, Yusuf Ziya |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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