From Modernism to Today: Reading Urban Planning Approaches to the Turkish Capital Ankara
From Modernism to Today: Reading Urban Planning Approaches to the Turkish Capital Ankara

Summary/Abstract: The city of Ankara, with its own conception of the modernity of the Republic of Turkey separate from the old city, is one of the national capital cities designed as a new city and a pioneer of modern urban planning of the 20th century. The city of Ankara is discussed in this article as it witnessed the transformation from the ummah to the contemporary urbanite, from the town to the metropolis in its history as a capital and how the modern planning system changed with internal and external dynamics and let the effects of planning on urban space and living be read.

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