Bagdat Street urban transformation applications and quality of life research

Urban regeneration has emerged as a result of the migration after the industrialization period and the lack of cities. It is aimed to solve the accumulated problems in thecitiesandto restore the regions that have become depressed are as for certain reasons. It continued with the demolition of the cities after the Second World War. Apart from war and immigration, urban transformation has become necessary in natural disasters. There are many methods of urban transformation. Urban transformation is emerged as a form of implementation in order to ensure that contemporary urban criteria, as well as environmental standards, createreliable, socially and physically strong urban areas and increase the quality of urban life for all sectors of society.(Lichfield, 1992). In this study, urban transformation applications in İstanbul Bagdat Street Noter Street and its surroundings were investigated. First of all, the general characteristics of theregion have been examined and then the structure of the buildings in this region has been explained with there newal development plan and the transition from low-rise buildings to multi-storey buildings. The transformation practices in Baghdad Street were examined before and after the transformation in terms of urban quality of life. As a result of the studies, it wasde termined that urban transformation and quality of life opportunities were insufficient.