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Impacts of “Gecekondu” on the Electoral Geography of Istanbul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2003

Murat Cemal Yalcintan  and
Adem Erdem Erbas
Murat Cemal Yalcintan
Affiliation:
Mimar Sinan University
Adem Erdem Erbas
Affiliation:
Mimar Sinan University
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Abstract

Gecekondu (squatting) has been the dominant form of urbanization in the major cities of Turkey, especially Istanbul, just as it has been in most developing countries. Istanbul receives an estimated 500,000 migrants each year from the rural areas of the country, most of whom become squatters. The old city is surrounded by gecekondu settlements, which include sixty-five percent of all buildings in Istanbul. In these areas the dominant economic activities are as informal as the housing.

Type
Workers, Suburbs, and Labor Geography
Information
International Labor and Working-Class History , Volume 64 , October 2003 , pp. 91 - 111
Copyright
© 2003 The International Labor and Working-Class History Society

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