With the emergence of urban transformation concept in 1980s, the concept of
eligibility has also started to be discussed as a new term in Turkey. However, the
absence of a sustainable urban transformation law which defines the criteria of
eligibility of stakeholders has undoubtedly brought about violations and
disagreements between stakeholders. Especially the uncertified gecekondu
possessors who are not determined as eligible stakeholders have been subjected to
forced and arbitrary evictions. This study aims to clarify the problem of eligibility
of uncertified gecekondu possessors in urban transformation and attempts to
determine the criteria for the eligibility of this particular group. It argues that since
the claims of uncertified gecekondu possessors like right to adequate housing,
labor and possession have moral characters which do not depend upon legal acts,
they can not be criteria of eligibility. The legal property ownership must be the
criteria of eligibility in urban transformation practices in the law. On the other
hand, this study urges that no matter living in a legal or illegal housing, the
vulnerable families who lack of basic economic security and living in the project
area must be determined as eligible stakeholders.
In the first part of this master study, the problem of eligibility was discussed from
theoretical perspective. In the second part, this problem was discussed in the case
of Dikmen Valley 4th and 5th phases Urban Transformation Project. The
knowledge obtained from the case can be useful for the local governments to
develop sustainable policies on this particular problem.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610444/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 March 2009 |
| Creators | Karaguney, Fuat |
| Contributors | Kayasu, Serap |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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