Yaşam tarzı göçüyle müzakere edilen sahil kasabası: Urla'da yeni yaşam pratikleri, mekânın yeniden üretimi ve yer anlatıları

Lifestyle migration is a type of migration that involves temporary or permanent resettlement to places that enhance the quality of life. These mobilities, driven by ideals, aspirations, and the pursuit of a new beginning, carry with them various forms of capital that have the potential to reshape the economic, social, or cultural fabric of their destinations. The present dissertation aims to investigate the role of these displacements, which share the same goal of building a better life, in the socio-economic and spatial transformation of a coastal town in the Aegean region of Türkiye. The second chapter following the introduction of the dissertation deals with the relationship between Urla's changing rural identity and migrants' capital transfers within the macro-relationality of urban anthropology. Intra-group negotiations of migrants, engagement with local communities or government, or institutionalizations like associations are also included in the discussion within the scope of lifestyle migrants' interventions in Urla. The third chapter of the dissertation adheres to the overarching framework of spatial reproduction interventions and capital transfers. It examines Urla's identity alterations through residential differentiation, alterations in the built and natural environment, and emerging aesthetic demands, uncovering the evidence of change within the material environment. The last chapter examines how migrants frame the rural landscape as narrators via their media content and rural representations' capacity to reshape social space practices.