Ancient Habits of Planning System in Turkey: a Removal Proposal
SPAD’20 International Spatial Planning and Design Symposium, İzmir, Türkiye, 27 - 29 Kasım 2020, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.57, (Özet Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
- Cilt numarası: 1
- Basıldığı Şehir: İzmir
- Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Ancient Habits of Planning System in Turkey: a Removal Proposal
ABSTRACT The purpose of the paper is to pragmatically rethink about the planning regulations and practice in Turkey by critically questioning ancient habits which survived so far despite contemporary planning approaches. Paper is organized around the dictum which rules that context matters in social science. Planning systems, approaches and tools are expected to modify and re-modify themselves in order to propose effective spatial arrangement decisions and practices. However, Turkish planning system is overloaded with many out-dated and disrupting rules, land uses, interventions and customs. In fact, the overall claim of planning to predict future possibilities and organize places accordingly requires a system which is equipped appropriately. Methodologically, research is designed as archival analysis and history research - according to Yin’s (2003) relevant situations for different research strategies - where the dead past is investigated over official archives. Main question is taken from the four Flyvbjergian (2001) phronetic research questions and adapted to the research subject as follows: “where are we going with these planning habits?” A systematic review of planning codes, regulations and practices back from the pre-modern period through current 21st century in Turkey is presented. It is argued that there are critical elements embedded in the laws, rules and regulations in planning system, and some persistent elements settled in the behavior of planning practitioners and authorities that are not appropriate for a sound planning system; not only in terms of mid-range future but also for the actual contemporary spatial problems. Paper proposes that a lengthy categorical list of dysfunctional habits (in the forms of professional behavior, technical instruments, land use types, and political interventions) should either be abandoned, modified or adapted.
Keywords: Planning system, habits, contemporary planning approaches