Negotiation on transformation projects for areas formed by emigrations

In our country, from the beginning of rural to urban migration the process of relocation, residence and creating a living space, differs from the current norms, has significantly affected the spatial development of cities. Physical and social aspects of the city and living spaces formed by emigration, which have remained on the edge of the city, have always tried to establish their relations with the city through a negotiation. The character of the negotiation has temporarily changed depending on institutional, functional, economic and political processes. At the phase reached today, living spaces created by migration have become the subject of a different negotiation as they are predominantly the target group of urban transformation practices. While the decision-making processes of the people affected by the projects regarding their own living spaces are carried out through negotiation, the urban area has become a multi-stake holder negotiating environment. This multi-stakeholder structure is involved in all stages of the negotiation, with a bargaining environment over property rights. This study examines the characteristics of such a negotiating environment through three different areas that have been created by immigration in İzmir and declared as an urban transformation area, and with an actor-based approach in terms of different authority defined by the legislation. In this context, widespread of urban transformation areas declared in Legal Gazette according to the laws 6306 and 5393 (73) which mediates the formation of such a negotiating environment, in general of Turkey. In this context, the situation in İzmir, where sample field studies are selected, is evaluated in detail.