COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3386 SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at considering the squatter house as the major component of the urbanisation practice of Turkey on the basis of illegal development and in an integrated perspective with the by-law through questioning it within a theoretical context and evaluating it through the cases with respect to the created social and spatial impacts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the concept of squatter house (knowledge),
2   will be able to discuss the concept of squatter house within the historical process (knowledge),
3   will be able to relate the concept of squatter house with the political processes and populist approaches (comprehension),
4   will be able to explain the squatter house with the components of migration and poverty (comprehension),
5   will be able to question the practice of squatter house within the up to date experiences (analysis),
6   will be able to evaluate the urbanisation practice of Turkey and the planning system over the migration and squatter house practices (synthesis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussing the definition of "squatter house" from different perspectives
2 The problem of slums on a world scale and its impact on living spaces
3 Considering squatter house within the context of illegal structuring of Turkey experienced historically
4 Evaluation of the concepts of squatter house and illegal development within the context of by-law (from the establishment of nation state until the 1950 period)
5 Evaluation of the concepts of squatter house and illegal development within the context of by-law (between 1950 and 1960)
6 Concepts of migration, urbanisation in Turkey and migration, examining the period between 1960 and 1980
7 Midterm Examination This week homework subjects will be given to the students.
8 The practice of migration and squatter house in Turkey in the post-1980 period, spatial and social transformations
9 The changing relations of interdependence within the context of migration-based social cleavage processes, processes causing the instrumental construction of identity
10 Evaluation of spatial interventions in the areas of immigration and poverty and urban policies after 2000
11 Evaluation of Urban Transformation Law and Applications
12 Homework/presentations
13 Historical development process of shanty houses in Izmir, assessments based on migration and population
14 Urban policies and spatial interventions for immigration and poverty areas in Izmir
15 Final Exams Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Tekeli, I. 2008. Göç ve Ötesi, Ilhan Tekeli Toplu Eserler 3, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Şenyapılı, T., (1981), Gecekondu, Çevre Işçilerin Mekanı, ODTÜ, Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, Ankara.
Supplementary Book(s):
Ünverdi, H., (2002), Sosyo-ekonomik Ilişkiler Bağlamında Izmir Gecekondularında Kimlik Yapılanmaları, Karşıyaka-Onur Mahallesi ve Yamanlar Mahallesi Örnekleri, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, D.E.Ü., Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Şenses, F., (2001), Küreselleşmenin Öteki Yüzü Yoksulluk, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Kazgan, G. (1999). 75 Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, 1980 lerde Türk Tarımında Yapısal Değişme, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Erder, S. (1997). Kentsel Gerilim, Um:ag Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara.
Işık,O. ve Pınarcıoğlu, M. 2003 Yoksulluğun Değişen Yüzü:Nöbetleşe Yoksulluktan Kuralsız Yoksulluğa, Görüş Dergisi, 5, TUSIAD, Istanbul
Erder, S., (1996), Istanbul'a bir kent kondu, Ümraniye, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Erdoğan, N.(2007) Yoksulluk Halleri, Iletişim yayın.,Istanbul.
Davis, M. (2006), Gecekondu Gezegeni, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul.
Erder, S. (2018), Zorla Yerleştirmeden Yerinden Etmeye, Türkiye'de Değişen Iskan Politikaları, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Erman, T.(2016), Mış Gibi Site, Amkara'da Bir TOKI Gecekondu Dönüşüm Sitesi, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Şenyapılı, T.(2016), "Baraka"dan Gecekonduya Ankara'da Kentsel Melanın Dönüşümü, letişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Tekeli, I (2011), Kent, Kentli Hakları, Kentleşme ve Kentsel Dönüşüm, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
Çetin, I. (2012), Gecekondunun Mekan Sosyolojisi, Izmir Araştırması, Yaba Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught through live lessons in a face-to-face school environment, and the students will learn by listening to the presentations. Students will be asked to read about the subject, follow the current news and share it in the classroom environment. During the semester, evaluations will be made with one exam and one homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Discussing, Relating and Explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination (will be received as homework).
Questioning and evaluating will be measured by
Homework Assignments/Presentation and Final Examination (will be received as homework).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course will be conducted in the form of live lecture presentations and discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hayat.zengin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
presentation 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 3 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 66

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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