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Turkey is experiencing a very rapid urbanization. Today, 70% of the country’s population is living in urban areas. When mass domestic migration toward big cities began in the mid-1950s, the population of metropolitan Istanbul was 1.5 million; today it is home to more than 15 million inhabitants. The interview discusses the transformation of the Istanbul through the lens of political transformations.
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Turkey is subdivided into seven regions, defined during the First Geography Congress of 1941, held in the capital of Ankara. These include Marmara, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, and Southeastern Anatolia.
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Following amendments made in laws on labor and unions, workers affiliated to form the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK). They organized demonstrations in multiple neighborhoods of Istanbul, with 75,000 participants. The following day, 150,000 protesters rallied in multiple cities across Turkey. Martial law was announced. The amendments were later annulled, but many union leaders were also arrested and stood trial. The events are commemorated each year, and are considered one of the most important protests in the history of Turkey.
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Known as kıyı kanunu in Turkish, this law aims to protect the natural and cultural properties of the coastlines along seas, rivers, and lakes dines the use of the costline, the coastlines along seas, rivers or otu olarak ekle lütfen edenler için verdiğim kaynakçad.
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Law No. 6306, on the Renewal of Areas under Disaster Risk, also known as the “Disaster Law.”
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This was a temporary, one-year tax imposed in 1999, designed to raise funds for those who had suffered during the Marmara earthquake. The tax law became permanent and the funds have subsequently been used for other purposes, such as the construction of highways.
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World Bank. (1999). Title of report. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDISMGMT/Resources/TurkeyEAM.pdf. Accessed December 2017.
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Yapıcı, M., interviewed by Esin İleri (2019). Urban Transformation in Istanbul. In: Özyürek, E., Özpınar, G., Altındiş, E. (eds) Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76705-5_7
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