Case Of Ankara Research Articles

The Relationship Between Household and Housing Characteristics in the Context of Sub-Housing Markets: The Case of Ankara

Konut piyasası, benzer sosyo-ekonomik yapı içindeki bireyler ve hanehalklarını içeren kendine özgü arz, talep ve mekânsal dinamikler gösteren alt piyasalar bütünüdür. Ankara tarihi boyunca konut politikalarının ilk uygulamalarına bağlı olarak tüm konut sunum ve konut kullanım biçimlerinin ilk örneklerine sahne olmuş ve farklı alt konut piyasalarını barındıran bir metropol haline gelmiştir. Bu makale Ankara'da güncel piyasa sunumu araştırması ve hanehalkı anketleri ile gerçekleştirilen alan araştırması verilerinden elde edilen bulgular çerçevesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Makalede ilk olarak, Ankara metropoliten kenti konut piyasası/alt piyasalarına ilişkin Hürriyet emlak internet sitesinde 16.12.2013-03.01.2014 ta-rihleri arasında yer alan Ankara adresli toplam 126.017 konut ilanı aracılığıyla satılık ve kiralık konutlara ilişkin bilgilerden elde edilen verilerle "Altındağ, Çankaya, Etimesgut, Gölbaşı, Keçiören, Mamak, Sincan, Yenimahalle" olmak üzere 8 merkez ilçe kapsamında satılık ve kiralık konut sayıları, türleri, satış ve kira değerleri, nitelikleri (yaş, büyüklük ve oda sayısı), değerlendirilerek güncel/mevcut konut piyasasının genel özellikleri ele alınmaktadır. İkinci olarak, bu 8 merkez ilçe içinde 10-26 Şubat 2013 tarihlerinde gerçekleşen ‰3,6 örneklem oranı ile 534 hanehalkı anketlerinden elde edilen veriler ile hanehalkı özellikleri ve konut kullanım özellikleri ilişkisi, sosyo-demografik, sosyo-ekonomik ve mekansal özellikler bağlamında ele alınmaktadır. Farklı alt konut piyasalarını, konut (arz yönü) ve kullanıcı/hanehalkları (talep yönü) özellikleri ve ilişkileri açısından ele alan bu makalede, Ankara metropoliten kenti alt konut piyasalarının, arz-talep ve mekansal dinamikleri ortaya konmaktadır.

Teachers’ organizational and professional socialization: The case of Ankara

The purpose of this study is to reveal the professional and organizational socialization experiences of elementary school teachers of Ankara Province. The study was conducted through phenomenological design and the data, based on descriptive and content analysis, collected through a semi-structured interview form. The participants comprised of five public and five private elementary school teachers, having at least five years of professional experience were selected through “maximum variation” and “criterion” sampling methods. The finding of study revealed that before starting their job, the teachers had optimistic expectations such as school administrations’ providing guidance, cooperative colleagues, ambitious students and supportive parents. In the entry stage of socialization, teachers have reality shock. In adaptation of teachers to their profession and the school, colleague responses are prominent as well as individual activities. In metamorphosis stage, private schools exert more efforts than public schools do in their adaption. The participants suggest that MoNE should assign suitable councelling teachers and develop the control mechanism for more effective socialization process. In light of the findings, internet-based programs should be developed to provide materials and to have e-courses. For colleague interaction, systems such as mentoring and coaching should be actively implemented.

Evading Time and Place in Ankara: A Reading of Contemporary Urban Collective Memory Through Recent Transformations

Based on precedent theories on collective memory and urban studies, this article develops a framework of approach to contemporary urban collective memory. Understanding urban collective memory by handling people and urban space as a system provides a sociospatial perspective for critical approaches to cities. The study initially provides overviews of theoretical approaches to collective memory and city, and then puts forth constituents of urban collective memory. Based on these constituents, contemporary urban collective memory is discussed, and a framework for analyzing contemporary cities in terms of urban space and urban experience is introduced. For a clear portrayal of urban issues within the context, the introduced framework is devised through the case of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey and the inspiring force behind this study. This framework aims to present a ground to assess people’s relation to urban spaces in the contemporary era.

Householder Satisfaction in Apartment Block Neighborhoods: Case of Ankara, Turkey

AbstractIn Turkey, the satisfaction of households with their neighborhoods has never been an explicit concern of policymakers. Multistory apartment buildings dominate the urban environment, and the...

Impact of Space and Environment on Women in Urban Transformation (Case of Ankara)

In this study, it is understood that Turkey is developing rapidly, the increasing need for accommodation due to migration from the village to the city and the distorted structure in the cities, and the urban transformation efforts carried out in order to overcome this skewed construction necessitated the reorganization of the environment and the place. Urban transformation, which brings about significant changes in social life, causes positive / negative effects especially on the social life of women. In this context, the historical process of urban transformation in Turkey and in the world has been analyzed and discussed from the perspective of environment and women's issues. In this context, it is aimed to analyze the reflections of the new place and the surrounding area, which are the result of urban transformation, on the social life of women, by interviewing face to face with the women living in Etimesgut in the city of Ankara and having experienced the process of urban transformation. In this framework, it is aimed to produce suggestions on spatial planning and environmental regulations that take into account the needs of women in urban life. The fact that women spend more time in domestic life, that women play an active role in neighborhood culture, requires that women be treated as a special category in every kind of urban transformation project and the possible effects on women should be examined. At the end of the work; It has been determined that women are not included in decision-making mechanisms in urban transformation projects carried out in Etimesgut region, that the lifestyles and needs of women are not adequately taken into account when domestic and environmental regulations are being made and that urban transformations have more intense and different effects on women.

Factors Affecting the Household Housing Mobility: The Case of Ankara

Factors Affecting the Household Housing Mobility: The Case of Ankara

Factors Affecting Awareness of Recycling Symbol the Case of Ankara

Factors Affecting Awareness of Recycling Symbol the Case of Ankara

Vehicle selection for public transportation using an integrated multi criteria decision making approach: A case of Ankara

In this paper, we consider the problem of bus selection for public transportation using a hybrid multicriteria decision making approach. The problem includes several conflicting factors which are economic, social, and technological factors. The integrated approach brings the flexibility of fuzzy AHP and simplicity of fuzzy VIKOR methodology together. To demonstrate the applicability of the methodology, a case study for Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, is given. A four levels hierarchy is established, and three experts are utilized for assessing the pairwise comparison matrices. The weights of the criteria are determined by fuzzy AHP and then the alternatives are ranked by fuzzy VIKOR. A sensitivity analysis is also made to see how sensitive our decision to the changes in parameters of methodology is. Buckley's fuzzy approach is finally implemented to problem and the obtained results are compared.

Empirical investigation of owner-occupiers’ reinvestments in housing: the case of Ankara, Turkey

In Turkey, reinvestments in the existing housing stock are entirely dependent on households’ decisions in the free market. There are no policies to consider reinvestment processes, and the body of knowledge on households’ reinvestment decisions is scant. Understanding how individual reinvestment decisions are determined is vital to devise policy measures to improve the condition of the existing housing stock and neighbourhoods. In this study, an attempt is made to identify the basic motivations and factors underpinning the owner-occupants’ performed and planned reinvestments in the apartment flats of Ankara. The results display that consumption considerations, particularly circumstances of necessity and urgency, are the basic motivation for undertaking reinvestment works among the surveyed owner-occupants. Higher household head age, shorter duration of occupancy, higher house value and maintained installations and infrastructure in common parts of the apartment blocks are displayed to increase the probability of having undertaken reinvestment works. Also, perception of the dwelling to be in disrepair and landscaped common outdoor space of the apartment are identified to increase the probability of having reinvestment plans for the future. The analysis suggests that policy measures are required both to trigger reinvestment capacities of households and to monitor the tendencies of reinvestments.

The politics of meaning and the city brand: The controversy over the branding of Ankara

This article presents analysis of a period of public argumentation over the city logo of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. These arguments comprise a 17-year episode of controversy that reveals insights into the politics of meaning behind city ' s brand. Ankara ' s logo functions as a contested ' collective representation ' of the city ' s brand identity, and paved the way to further discussions on its history, cultural identity and politics by various internal stakeholders. The signifi cance of this research is two-fold. First, the Ankara case contributes to existing studies of place branding and semiotics, by examining the contending positions that complicate Ankara ' s historical identity and the range of stakeholders that make up the ' managerial apparatus ' of brand meaning. Drawing on communication studies, ' controversy ' provides an analytical vehicle to consider claims to brand ownership, legitimacy and authority by various stakeholders, as well as to demonstrate the potential of public argumentation to transform and shape the practice of place branding. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy (2012) 8, 133 - 146. doi: 10.1057/pb.2012.8

Service quality of state universities in Turkey: the case of Ankara

The aim of this study is determine the service quality perceptions of students being educated at state universities in Ankara. The sample of the study is composed of final grade students of faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences. The sample of the study is composed of a total of randomly selected students. There were 416 returned questionnaires. In the study, the service quality scale which was developed by Holdford and Reinders and which was adapted to Turkish by Sakarya has been used. The sub-dimensions of the scale are in correlation with each other. It has been determined through the data that the students of Middle East Technical University are satisfied with service quality whereas the students of other universities are partially satisfied. Students’ views on sub-dimensions display a difference among universities. Implications for further research and practice are also discussed.

Absenteeism at state high schools and related school management policies in Turkey(Ankara Case)

The problem of the present study: What is the opinion of administrators, students, counseling teachers and course teachers in public schools about the reasons for student absenteeism and the applications and policies of the school administration regarding absenteeism? The survey was given to a total of 568 participants selected by “stratified sampling method” from 28 schools, and 35 students with high rate of absenteeism selected from the same schools were also interviewed. The school staff believe the students and their families to be the factors causing the absenteeism problem, the students regards educational factors to be the main reason for absenteeism problem.

Strategies and personality types used by primary school principals in Turkey to influence teachers (Ankara case)

The problem of the present study consists of the following questions: Do influence strategies used by school principals significantly differ according to the variables of personality type (A or B), age, gender and type of school as public or private? A total of 148 primary school principals in Ankara (103 state school principals, 45 private school principals) were given two scales. School principals use the following strategies at a very high level: friendliness, reason, coalition and bargaining. There is not a significant difference between Type A and Type B personality school principals according to the influence strategies used.

Landscaping in reducing traffic noise problem in cities: Ankara case

Cities have been getting overloaded due to the intense immigrations to urban areas and the population growth as a result of them, requiring new equipments and services, as the present infrastructure is insufficient. Besides, a host of problems arise in transportation and traffic infrastructure along with the corruption emerging in urban quarters as a result of socio-economical and technological changes. In big cities, ring roads aimed to increase the speed and capacity of transportation and highways reducing the transportation time between cities have been creating negative impacts as well as leading to facilities in terms of service functions, causing visual and audial pollution in urban areas. In this article, definitions regarding noise and its sources have been made and the precautions to be taken against noise have been mentioned earlier with the adverse effects of noise. Landscape design approaches and suggestions concerning the kinds to be used, which are peculiar to Ankara, have been developed, discussing the role and the function of plant material in reducing the noise of the traffic. Key words: Ankara, landscaping, landscape design, plant material, noise.

Urban regeneration and increased competitive power: Ankara in an era of globalization

Turkish governments have discovered the potential in regenerating inner-city squatter housing areas, in order to increase the competitiveness of cities in the global context. Urban regeneration is defined as a spatial strategy in which prestigious urban uses have been increasing through private sector investments in public areas. These developments have opened new discussions on the displacement of lower income groups and gentrification of central areas in a developing country. The aim of this study is to suggest that in Turkey, urban regeneration is a primary tool in the restructuring of cities and that it is devised as a government-assisted urban spatial strategy to achieve gentrification. This study examines the case of Ankara, Turkey, and indicates that the increased rent from the city’s central areas can be experienced quickly. Field study showed that the physical structure and environmental conditions have changed, the squatter population has been displaced from the area, and the higher income group has taken the area over. With this transformation, the area has been re-structured according to the expectations of the local authority and the increased rent has been facilitated. These data strengthen the idea that gentrification is effective in the regeneration process.

Life cycle assesment of municipal solid waste management methods: Ankara case study

Different solid waste management system scenarios were developed and compared for the Municipal Solid Waste Management System of Ankara by using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The solid waste management methods considered in the scenarios were collection and transportation of wastes, source reduction, Material Recovery Facility (MRF)/Transfer Stations (TS), incineration, anaerobic digestion and landfilling. The goal of the study was to determine the most environmentally friendly option of MSWM system for Ankara. The functional unit of the study was the amount of solid waste generated in the system area of concern, which are the districts of Ankara. The life cycle inventory analysis was carried out by IWM Model-1. The inputs and outputs of each management stage were defined and the inventory emissions calculated by the model were classified in to impact categories; non-renewable energy sources exhausting potential, final solid waste as hazardous and non-hazardous, global warming, acidification, eutrophication and human toxicity. The impacts were quantified with the weighing factors of each category to develop the environmental profiles of each scenario. In most of the categories, Source Reduction Scenario was found to be the most feasible management method, except the global warming category. The lowest contribution to GWP was calculated for the anaerobic digestion process. In the interpretation and improvement assessment stage, the results were further evaluated and recommendations were made to improve the current solid waste management system of Ankara.

Removal of THM precursors by GAC: Ankara case study

The effectiveness of granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption for the removal of natural organic matter and trihalomethanes from İvedik Water Treatment Plant of Ankara City is investigated. Freundlich Isotherm constants K and n were determined as 17.61 and 1.66, respectively. Bench-scale GAC columns were run with empty bed contact times (EBCT) varying from 0.40 to 2.67min to evaluate adsorption performance. 50% exhaustion values were used for comparison. The treated volumes of water increased with EBCT, showing a linear increase in GAC service life. Correspondingly, the carbon usage rate decreased. The capacities calculated by the isotherm equation and achieved by columns were also compared. The column capacities were within 43–65% of the isotherm capacities at complete breakthrough. However, they were only within 8–17% of the isotherm capacities at 50% breakthrough.