The development process of EXPO?s and interaction with cities: Case study of İzmir EXPO 2015

Expo fairs carries a vital role for the introduction of new technologies to the world giving chance to the practices of the improvements that simplify human life by the progressive development triggered by globalization. In the belief of this introduction of the new technologies should be performed world wide with the idea that countries can come together in a common organization for the sake of communicating and brainstorming, Expo fairs are formed. The foundation of Expo fairs are the marketplaces.Because of the fact that the main needs increased by the time,the market places have shown varieties accordingly and expo fairs are organized with the focus of ?society? as a result. Expo fairs,which identifies ?the design of the destroyed habitat with natural living creatures and the urban places? as main principle of being published, have constituted their own characteristic feature by developing under the framework of creating a viable world for humanity.Also, Expos are important for the changes they caused in cities.So the neccessity of making a revelation about the effects of expos on urban places has existed. In this study,the newness that expo fairs created in the point of view of urban design,the urban location criterias of expo fairs and the importance of these criterias in urban life is investigated.Especially, 1. Industry Revolutions and 2. World Wars ,which occured at the end of power philosophy, and the changes experienced after the Industry Revolution can be seen as the events which directly affected expo fairs.As a result of increased power philosophy and competition by the time, expo fairs are in the position of a tool at the breakpoint of the reorganization of capitalism.