City as a consumption space, the transformation of space and university students

Although it can be traced back to the 15th century in the historical process, globalization that has been examined through the post-1980 process in this study is a multidimensional and complex process. The process, which is generally handled with political, cultural and economic aspects, can also be explained by further narrowing on these headings. The globalization of markets, which can be explained in the economic outlook of globalization, is so important in terms of the level of realization and the consequences it causes that those who emphasize the versatility of globalization often draw attention to the existence of other dimensions without denying the reality of the globalization of the market. Under the circumstances, how the space is reproduced and how the social reality is created by this process in space has been questioned through university students, who are one of the subjects of consumption spaces in Turkey, in this study, which focused on the city as a space of financial globalization and consumption. As meeting the housing needs of university students with the services within the framework of education, which is one of the basic rights services, the social state has been unable to meet the building needs with the abandonment of social welfare policies. At this point, the private sector or construction capital has come into play in meeting the housing needs, which is one of the basic needs. The process of formation of space economy created thanks to students and the social mechanisms that produce and maintain the relationship between consumption and space were focused on in the study. Considering the social reality that emerges with the space economy created in this context, the housing problem of university students, the reconstruction of student identity and lifestyle through consumption, the process of financialization of students and the neo-liberal urbanism created via university students were researched.