Kapalı siteler ve mahalle kültürünün dönüşümü: Beyaz Rezidans ve Nişancı Mahallesi karşılaştırması

Economic transformations in the world after 1950 have created differences within the forms of housing production. In the process where the dynamics of neoliberal policies, postmodernity, and consumer culture are spatialized, gated communities that spread all over the world by globalization have risen as a result of these transformations. The gated communities, which are different from previous ones, are formed and presented with their basic features within the framework of the specific context of each country and city. With this socio-economic transformation, after 1980, social polarization and socio-spatial segregation have also increased, and the housing and the neighborhood have redefined its structural and semantic meaning by making new properties. The multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-layered, and sometimes multi-religious structure of the traditional Istanbul neighborhood with administrative, legal, economic and social functions has transformed into a homogeneous and fragmented structure, and in the new urban neighborhood, the nostalgic neighborhood culture became a marketing element of gated communities. In this study, social and economic developments in the world and the emergence process of gated communities in Turkey will be evaluated in parallel with the global scale. The study aims to develop a more comprehensive approach by focusing on the effect of this housing form on the traditional texture of the neighborhood. In this context, Nişancı Neighborhood and Beyaz Residence located in Eyüp are examined in the context of the relationship between actor and space. The methodology of study is qualitative research. Demographic structure and socio-economic status of participants and their perceptions, preferences, and evaluations for their houses and will be analyzed by semi-structured in-depth interviews. Through findings, the neighborhood culture and the relationships within neighborhood will be discussed, and the differences will be tried to be revealed as to how individuals experience the city and people in the city.