1. | From the Editor Mehtap Türkyılmaz, Alev Ayaokur Page I |
RESEARCH ARTICLES | |
2. | A Population Development and Density Analysis of the Neighborhoods of Polatlı (Ankara) Bayram Tuncer, Tahir Tuncer doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.87609 Pages 161 - 183 This study aims to analyze the relative development of the population of the District of Polatlı during the Republic Period. It also considers how change occurred in the neighborhood according to the spatial distribution of the population. This population is assessed in the study in terms of numbers, rate of increase, rural and urban conditions, age and gender structure, and the change of population density, according to neighborhood, due to twenty-five years of migration. The socioeconomic status of the population is also evaluated. Population figures in Polatlı between 1935 and 1960 were obtained from printed documents published by the State Institute of Statistics (SIS), and from data gathered from general censuses taken by TurkStat between 1965 and 2000. Data between 2010 and 2022 was obtained from the TurkStat (TurkStat, 2023) Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS). The quantitative data obtained was converted into charts using the Excel program and supported with graphics. Population density according to neighborhood was analyzed using the “Kernel Density Method”, and maps were produced made using the program: ArcGIS 10.9. Due to consistent yearly population increase in Polatlı, as well as the district playing an increasingly important role in terms of the military, education, transportation, agriculture, industry, and trade, Polatlı has achieved provincial standards in socioeconomic terms. It is believed that the district will attract more immigrants in the future. |
3. | Medieval Glazed Ceramics From Gordion Billur Tekkök Karaöz, Deniz Tamer, Ebru Tamer doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.97720 Pages 185 - 226 This paper aims to present glaze ceramics recovered from ST (South Trench), A4 (Area 4), and Op.54 (Operation 54) trenches of Gordion in Phrygia. As a working method, instead of casting the finds of each trench separately, grouping them according to form characteristics under the technical features indicated by the glazes and decorations was preferred. It is observed that the ceramic groups discussed in this study are similar in terms of fabric and form. There is also a similarity with the finds from Amorium Upper City, Karacahisar Castle and its surroundings, Anaia, Pergamon, and Ephesus. Although more detailed analysis is required regarding the production locations of the ceramics discovered, Gordion and its nearby geography have a high potential to be a production center. Pottery sherds unearthed from the contexts of Gordion excavations enable us to obtain data about the location and purposes of use of the settlement in the Principalities Period. The article’s purpose is to examine the socio-economic identity of the local people of Gordion through this data. The main premise of the research is the problem of determining the chronological gaps (hiatus) seen after the Late Antique Period in Gordion and determining the exact chronology of the settlement continuity through the vessel forms belonging to the Principality Period. |
4. | A Piece of Urban Nature from the 20th Century to the Present: Pastor’s Vineyard Başak Tükenmez, Buse Ezgi Sökülmez doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.73792 Pages 227 - 250 The study examines and evaluates the construction, micro-history, and transformation of an example of urban nature: Papazın Bağı (Pastor’s Vineyard). The area is an officially protected natural area and commercial enterprise which has represented the conceptual framework of ‘urban nature.’ since the beginning of the 20th century. The turning point in the history of the area is considered to be around the 1960s and 1970s, which is when the vineyard and vineyard house life was abandoned by the Kuloğlu family and the area kavgained the status, as part of the urbanization of the area, of a protected natural resource. The study tells the microhistory of Pastor’s Vineyard’s in two phases: first the story of the vineyard and vineyard house, and then the urbanization and urban nature process. The factors, actors, and events and, accordingly, the mutual interactions of culture, constructed environment, and nature that led to the transformations that occurred in the urban nature of Pastor’s Vineyard are explored in the two phases. The study can be seen as a discussion of Pastor’s Vineyard as a multi-factored laboratory sample, or a piece of urban nature that tries to go beyond the conventional narratives of nature being in opposition to the city and human culture. |
5. | From the Backstage to a Lead Role: Old Industrial District of Ankara and the New Concert Hall of Presidential Symphony Orchestra Mehmet Saner doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.26918 Pages 251 - 278 The new concert hall of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and the chorus practice halls in Ankara were inaugurated in 2020 at a special event. This marked not only the end of almost three decades of project development and construction, but the transformation of the site, at least for now. The aim of this paper is to consider the recent history of Ankara to reveal the changes that shaped have this site since the end of the 19th century. Certain assumptions that Ankara was built from scratch, or that it was systematically planned and constructed as part of the plans for the modernization of Republican Turkey, or that the history of the last century could be considered as part of subsequent planning processes, will mostly be suspended when constructing this narrative. The development of this area will be considered as a process of continuities, rather than ruptures, namely rational decisions necessitated by current conditions, instead of the mere whim of planners and/or designers; and suspended meta-narratives will be referred to only when such clarifications alaremain insufficient. In conclusion, it will be discussed if the possibility of turning this area, which has always been absolutely central in the urban fabric and has always been assigned crucial functions for the city, yet never even recognized nor been an indispensable component of everyday life, can have formed the new cultural focus of today’s Ankara. |
6. | Place Attachment in Songs Mentioning Ankara: A Prevailing Cliché of Turkish Pop Music Berkay Orhaner doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.80774 Pages 279 - 292 This study aims to understand how place attachment towards Ankara is considered in Turkish pop music songs. In order to determine which pop music songs mention Ankara, certain restrictions were applied as part of the sampling stage of the study. The data set was comprised of thirty songs, which were analyzed according to the inductive thematic analysis method. The obtained data was evaluated within the scope of place attachment theory. Repetitive content and patterns showed that nine themes were inclusive across the dataset. In order of prevalence, these themes were entitlement, sadness, distance, loneliness, snow and rain, night, gloom, cold, drunkenness, and longing for the sea. Each song comprises and average of 4.3 themes and demonstrates clear thematic similarities between the songs. The common themes that dominate the majority of Turkish pop songs about Ankara are examples of negative place attachment. The negative place attachment towards Ankara among Turkish pop music songs is discussed with consideration of Istanbul-based culture industry, and the reproduction of cliché based on the repetition of common themes about Ankara. The study is expected to contribute to the literature gap on urban culture studies and highlight the topic of attachment-music interaction in Turkey. Depending on qualitative research design, the study is limited in terms of the subjective interpretation of results and underrepresentation within the field of research. |
7. | A Movement from Rural to Urban in Performative Topography: Mapping the Transformation of Karakusunlar, Ankara H. Nur Özkan Öztürk doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.24993 Pages 293 - 319 This study is focused on topography and its changing role in determining urban environments. An increasing indifference and neglect towards topography in urban planning practices has recently been observed, and this trend can also be seen in Ankara’s urbanization process. The current state of the city, in terms of its unique topography and related waterscape, represents a disconnection from the built environment. In this context, one of the primary objectives of this study is to investigate the process of urbanization within the framework of physical, cultural, and historical topography. The capacity of topography to define both a place and its transformation is examined through the selected area of Karakusunlar, Ankara, and its surroundings. The conducted research on the Karakusunlar area, which represents the distinctive landform character of Ankara, analyzes the geographical, spatial, and cultural transformation of the district, as well as its urbanization, from the 1930s onwards. It is crucial to investigate the history of the site and related experiences in order to comprehend the physical and cultural transformation of topography. The traces left by geography in collective memory are significant layers in terms of how they were used and what meaning they have for locals during different time periods. In this context, this is a field study of Karakusunlar based on findings from historical maps and semi-structured in-depth interviews with individuals who have lived in the area. The main areas that the field study focuses on are landforms, water elements of the area, interventions made to these elements, the spatial attributes of these interventions, the interpretation of place identity based on toponyms, and the mapping of the topographical and spatial transformational process in the Karakusunlar area. |
OPINION ARTICLE | |
8. | A Governance Approach to the Spatial Planning of Atatürk Forest Farm Damla Özdemir, Çiğdem Varol doi: 10.5505/jas.2023.70883 Pages 321 - 347 The aim of this study is to discuss how an effective governance process should be established for Atatürk Forest Farm’s (AFF) urban policies, spatial planning, and the implementation thereof. The first stage of the process is to discuss complex systems and governance concepts in spatial planning. In the second stage, the transformation process of AFF between 1925 and 2022 was analyzed in three different periods through considering existing literature and the archival research of various institutions in terms of key historical, spatial, legal, and administrative matters. In each period, a number of practices were examined, namely: transfer/sale legislation related to the area; practices, such as leasing activities, zoning plans, and planning changes regarding the disposal of land; decisions related to protected areas and urban transformation; spatial interventions made regarding renewal areas; and actors contributing to these interventions and the transformations experienced. In the third and final stage, solutions are proposed for how a decision process approach should be developed for the effective governance in the spatial development and transformation of AFF. |