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Contesting Urban Space in Early Republican Ankara
Vakifs, pious foundations that provided various religious and social services, were critical institutions of the Ottoman Empire. They were severely undermined during Turkey's transition from an empire into a nation-state because their autonomous character and religious premises were incompatible with the modernist, secular, and homogenizing principles of the new regime. Because vakifs were major landowners, the process of dismantling them had a strong spatial component. Focusing on the confiscation of a vakif cemetery during the construction of Turkey's new capital, Ankara, this essay demonstrates how structural changes within the state and its institutions triggered unprecedented contestations over space by opening it to new uses and users while displacing the old, thereby profoundly transforming the urban cultural landscape.
Contesting Urban Space in Early Republican Ankara
Vakifs, pious foundations that provided various religious and social services, were critical institutions of the Ottoman Empire. They were severely undermined during Turkey's transition from an empire into a nation-state because their autonomous character and religious premises were incompatible with the modernist, secular, and homogenizing principles of the new regime. Because vakifs were major landowners, the process of dismantling them had a strong spatial component. Focusing on the confiscation of a vakif cemetery during the construction of Turkey's new capital, Ankara, this essay demonstrates how structural changes within the state and its institutions triggered unprecedented contestations over space by opening it to new uses and users while displacing the old, thereby profoundly transforming the urban cultural landscape.
Contesting Urban Space in Early Republican Ankara
Kezer, Zeynep (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 52 ; 11-19
1998-09-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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