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- Title
YEREL DOKUSUNU YİTİRMEKTE OLAN BİR KENT: MALATYA.
- Authors
KARABACAK, Zaliha İnci
- Abstract
Turkey is a country that was built on Anatolia's rich heritage in respect to historical, social, cultural and economical. This study approaches the changing face of Malatya which is one of the new big cities of Turkey. Change is one of the realities that can not be ignored. In social life, cities have emerged as spaces which are exposed to changes. Cities are being transformed for various reasons such as population growth, modern urbanization policies, economic interests. In some cases, the change is damaging the essence of the city. Today, the change shows its effect in this aspect on many cities. This situation causes many cities to lose the local texture of its'. Malatya distinguishes itself as an city with some characteristics of economic, geographic, social and cultural. But a significant portion of these distinctive values are being succumbed in the face of change. In this context in the study it's elaborated on fall of; especially greenbelt which -Malatya's the worldwide economic value-apricotes are grown on and Malatya's traditional houses because of construction of boulevard, junction, multiplex housing to create a modern city. The values which are being lost in Malatya are expressed visually by nearby dated photos. In this study similar changes, which are often internalized by most of us in everyday city life, are bringing forward once again with the example of Malatya. So, it's tried to wake up the consciousness of being more sensitive to these changes as an individual and a citizen.
- Subjects
MALATYA (Turkey); TURKEY; CULTURAL property; SOCIOCULTURAL factors; CITIES &; towns; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SOCIAL change; GEOGRAPHY
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 5, p345
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7827/TurkishStudies.4703