Turgut Cansever Düşüncesinde Şehrin Değişimi
Journal Title: insan & toplum - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze Turgut Cansever, a man who made important contributions to Turkish architecture and architectural understanding with his practice and ideas as well as his approach to city planning and changes within the city. In explaining the changes in Turkey’s cities, one must refer to the vast intellectual accumulation of Cansever. This paper has reviewed Cansever’s manuscripts published in various books and journals within the framework of change in the city. In this context, the foundations of Cansever’s approach to city planning have been depicted, the “diseased” approaches during the modernization process of Turkish cities have been identified, and Cansever’s principles as to how to change a city in the face of modernity have been assessed. Although this paper seems to be a descriptive analysis at first glance, it has emerged as an effort to understand, systematize and classify Cansever’s thoughts under a specific research question. The review of various subjects ranging from art to architecture, from urban planning to urban legislation in light of change in cities as a research question is expected to provide insights into contemporary discussions and also the position of Cansever’s thoughts regarding these discussions. This study emphasizes Cansever’s approach that a society should elicit the conception of existence which emerges through religious and cultural heritage, and that changes in a city should be articulated using past experiences in order to find solutions to present problems. Thus, the author will not label Cansever’s ideas as Islamic, Islamic-traditionalist, traditionalist, or local, but as modern. In addition, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s views on change in a city will be presented and compared to those of Cansever’s.
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Murat Şentürk
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