ANNEX 1:
URBAN REVITALIZATION OF MASS HOUSING
COMPETITION QUESTIONNAIRE
TR-MER-981
Project Scope
Turkey’s architectural policy discourse should be relied on the realities such as having significant
young population, shrinking family size and ongoing migration from rural to the urban area.
Accordingly, new residential needs and related others caused fast speculation of urban land, which
bring threads for eco-system not only for Turkey and the Middle East, but also other parts of the
World as well as the risk of natural disasters. In the meantime, urban land needs to be re-vitalized in
terms of these new requirements. As Turkey’s architectural qualities are considered, one can think
of noteworthy cultural heritage, activated sectors, highly qualified professionals, appropriate
technologies, great human sources and possibilities in order to establish well-defined policies on the
architectural agenda. This is a corporate responsibility for Chamber of Architects, architects,
governmental authorities, local administrators, and other related professional groups, sectors and
institutions (Tagmat, 2007).
1.1 National Context Analysis
Please indicate and give references to the current or most recent source of information on:
National Context
Official name of country: Turkey
Total Population (millions): 76, 62 (www.tuik.gov.tr) 2012
Annual GDP Growth Rate 2.2 %
(http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
Annual population growth rate: 1.2% (http://www.tuik.gov.tr/PreIstatistikTablo.do?istab_id=1591)
National GDP (USD): 786 billion
GDP per capita (USD): 10 666 (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
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Urbanisation
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Does your country have an officially adopted National Urban Policy? If so, please attach the PDF or
provide the internet link.
Yes. The ministry of environment and urban policies rely on the principles such as. "Urbanization process,
cities more competitive , liveable and sustainable have the quality to be managed development of our
country to achieve their goals important will contribute" (the 10th Development Plan, 2013:13), as well as
spatial development strategy of the plan is a crucial pillar is: "Plan period, urban development Strategy
and significant steps were taken to put into effect. Regulatory amendments made by the Environment
and the Ministry of Urbanism upper scale spatial strategy plans with the construction mandated every
kind and scale in the physical preparation of the plans and for implementing the basic principles,
strategies and standards to identify and ensure the implementation is mandated to this at the provincial
level to metropolitan municipalities are given the task of preparing the environmental plan (the 10th
Development Plan, 2013:145).
TOKİ -Housing Development Administration of Turkey- has seven affiliates. Two of them are real estate
investment trusts (REITs). The others are offering variety of services including project management, real
estate marketing, contracting, management services, real estate valuation, appraisal services, funding for
restoration, trading and consultancy. (http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/affiliates.asp)
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Does your country have an officially adopted Land Act or Land Code that determines land use? If so,
please attach the PDF or provide the internet link.
http://www.csb.gov.tr/turkce/index.php?Sayfa=mevzuat
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Urban Population:
 absolute number: 75.627
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 % of total population: % 72.3 (the 10 development plan, 2013: 219)
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Slum Population
TOKİ meets 5-10% of the housing needs of Turkey. According to Turkstat data, the total number of
buildings throughout Turkey is 19 million 209 thousand 928 (approximately 20 million) and 40 percent of
these buildings are shanty, and 67 percent lack settlement permit. Renovation, that is, demolition and
rebuilding of approximately 6.5 million of the housing stock is necessary. The housing stock of our country
amounting to 14 million requires handling whereby 6.5 million will be demolished and rebuilt within an
average period of 20 years against disaster risk (http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/affiliates.asp).
According to Urban slum population, percentages are distributed in the countries in Asia and the Pacific
regions, seen below in the table for the year 2005.
www.unescap.org/stat/data/syb2011/I-People/Urbanization.asp (11.01.2014)
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Depend on this table, slum population rate has been decrease since 2005. Recently, Absolute number is 10.6
million people, and % of total urban population: % 14.1 (the 10th Development Plan, 2013:145).
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Annual urban population growth rate (%) : 18 %
Annual slum population growth rate (%) : apprx. % 40 defined as shanty settlement or squatter housing
(in Turkish ‘gecekondu’). Slums definition is not exactly equal to these, which are defined as above and
these are not known as exact calculations and needed further research.
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Overall number of vacant housing units % 7.5
http://www.clrsearch.com/Turkey-Demographics/NC/Housing-Statistics-Occupancy-and-Year-Built,
download date: 11.01.2014
Formal Housing
Legislation and regulations
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Which national institution (ministry, department etc.) is responsible for housing policy?
T. C. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
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Does your country have an officially adopted Housing Policy? If so, please attach the PDF or provide the
internet link.
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Vacant Housing Unit: A housing unit which is empty, not in use or unoccupied by tenants. It could be owned but
not occupied or built by developers (public or private) but not handed over or sold to a resident.
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The Housing Development Administration Of Turkey (TOKI) Has Direct Links To The Prime Minister. New
added framework for Housing Strategy Development has launched. "KENTGES- Integrated Urban
Development Strategy and Action Plan- (2010-2023)" Supreme Planning Board dated 25.10.2010 and
2010/34 have been accepted by the decision and November 4, 2010 and it was published in the Official
Gazette numbered 27749. KENTGES; urbanization and development issues is a road map for central and
local government. KENTGES Urban Development Strategy Document, transportation, infrastructure,
housing and land delivery, disaster preparedness, protection, climate change, quality of life, social policy
and participation issues at central and local level work to be done and the process is determined.
www.kentges.gov.tr
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Does your country have a National Building Code?
2012, Transformation of Disaster Risk Areas -Legislation Number: 6306
2006, Settlement Act-Legislation Number: 5543
1985, Building Code / Zonning Law, Legislation Number: 3194
1984, Mass Housing Ac , Legislation Number: 29421983,
1983, Environment Act, Legislation Number: 2872
1983, Expropriation Code , Legislation Number: 2942
1966, Gecekondu Law , Legislation Number: 775
1924, Land Reform, Legislation Number: 442
(www.csb.gov.tr All documentation taken from the official link of Turkish Republic’s Ministry of
Environment and Planning in Turkish briefly translated)
(www.csb.gov.tr All documentation taken from the official link of Turkish Republic’s Ministry of
Environment and Planning in Turkish briefly translated)
Housing supply and demand
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Total number of existing housing units: According to Turkstat data, the total number of buildings
throughout Turkey is 19 million 209 thousand 928 (approximately 20 million) and 40 percent of these
buildings are shanty, and 67 percent lack settlement permit. Renovation, that is, demolition and
rebuilding
of
approximately
6.5
million
of
the
housing
stock
is
necessary.(http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/HousingPrograms.asp, download date: 11.01.2014)
o Annual supply of housing: 701 621 (2012)
o How many units are provided annually by the following:
There is no any officially information about amount of public sector, private sector, cooperatives and
other(s).But TOKİ has public private partnership model.
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Breakdown of housing types: [it is prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization within the
framework of the necessity of renovation of the 15 million housing stock, whereby approximately 6.5
million houses are to be demolished and reconstructed within an average of 20 years against the disaster
risk in our country, has also imposed significant tasks on TOKI.( http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/index.asp,
download date: 11.01.2014)]
 Ownership: absolute number; % of total population :
67.33 (http://www.tuik.gov.tr/ilGostergeleri/iller/MERSIN.pdf s.56; downloading date: 11.01.2014)
 Rental: absolute number; % of total population (There is no any officially information about amount
of rented house and population of settlement in rented house)
 Cooperative: absolute number; % of total population: There is no model of cooperative system after
development of TOKİ. So there is no information.
 Condominium: absolute number; % of total population: Private housing sector base on the model of
condominium. But there is no information about user.
 Other(s), please specify: absolute number; % of total population. None.
Total number of unmet demand on housing according to TOKİ’s website data, “TOKİ meets 5-10% of the
housing needs of Turkey. Renovation, that is, demolition and rebuilding of approximately 6.5 million of the
housing stock is necessary. The housing stock of our country amounting to 14 million requires handling
whereby 6.5 million will be demolished and rebuilt within an average period of 20 years against disaster
risk.”( http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/HousingPrograms.asp)
Average waiting period: According to TOKİ wensi“Since the property right is owned by TOKİ until the debt
is over, the repayments of the projects are under guarantee. That is; TOKİ is acting as a ‘guarantor’ for the
repayments of the project. TOKİ finalizes the construction of housing units within 14 - 24 months”
(http://www.toki.gov.tr/english/HousingPrograms.asp). The private sector firms have finished faster than
TOKİ such as a year.
Housing finance
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Kindly describe the housing finance system in your country on the following: TOKİ is a monopoly in house
producer. According to TOKİ website data, “Social housing program of TOKİ targets the low and middleincome people who cannot own a housing unit under the existing market conditions. (Considering the
distribution of the housing projects realized by TOKİ, 15% of the same consists of “Fund Raising by method
of Revenue Sharing”, and 85% of “Social Housing” projects.) The beneficiaries of TOKİ’s social type housing
projects (constructed on TOKİ-owned lands) make their down-payments at the beginning of construction
(no down-payments for the poor groups’ projects) and then they continue to pay monthly due to a singleindex repayment plan. For most of these projects this index is the public sector wage index.( announced by
the Ministry of Finance). For the projects targeting the poor citizens, monthly installments are increased
(twice in a year) depending on the rate of increase for public sector wage index or Producer Price Index or
Consumer Price Index (inflation indices announced by the Turkish Statistical Institution), whichever is
smaller (namely; variable single-indexed credit system). The maturities of the loan repayments of TOKİ are
set as 10 -15 -20 years in average depending on the financial capabilities of the target groups. 39.71 % of
the social housing projects realized consists of those for the narrow- and middle-income groups. As to the
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25.40 % portion of the projects, they consist of projects toward the low-income group and the poor. The
urban transformation projects, which have recently become increasingly significant, have a ratio of 12.40
%. The Administration, taking into consideration the fact that demand can be low in projects toward
settlements with a population under 40.000, seeks the condition of pre-collection of demands in order for
the investment to be made not to become idle. The method of pre-collection of demands is organized by
the Governorships, District Governorships or Municipalities.” This information is answer for this question
briefly below.
 What is the policy/regulatory environment for housing finance?
 What are the key financial institutions?
 What are the low-income housing finance instruments available?
 What is the role of government in financing housing for low-income groups?
 What are the financial resources available for housing finance?
According to TOKİ website data, “TOKİ accounts are with public banks in accordance with the General
Communiqué of Public Treasury. The reimbursements for the sales realized and loans made available by TOKİ are
pursued and collected over public banks (Ziraat Bank, Halk Bank and Vakıflar Bank) in the name of TOKI. The
collections accumulating in Banks are transferred to the accounts of the Administration within the framework of
the protocols with the banks.”
o Modality of financing access to housing units (GYODER, The Association of Real Estate Investment
Companies, was established in 1999 by the existing 12 REICs to promote the real estate industry in
Turkey. The Association acts as a platform in introducing and maintaining standards and quality, providing
training, networking, and acting as spokesman in relations with media and public authorities.[
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 Public funding; budget allocated in millions (USD)
FUND RAISING PROJECTS
515.378 %85.90
For reports Income-Sharing Model (by TOKI) 22.97 - %0.93
Income-Sharing Model (by TOKI's Affiliates) 61.684 - %10.28
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Mortgage financing :
2012
(1)
House
Sales Mortgaged
(2)
(Total)
Sales
TÜRKİYE
701 621
Percentage
MERSİN
18 447
Percentage
Other
Sales
270 136
431 485
39%
61%
6 780
11 667
37%
63%
Kaynak: Tapu ve Kadastro Genel Müdürlüğü (TKGM)
(Turkstat data, 2013)
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Microcredit. None
Rental: this model is established by TOKİ. Kindly see former question.
 Is there a rent control law? Yes, all relationship of owner and rental payments are conducted
by bank system.
Cooperatives: None
Other(s), please specify
Mass housing
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Does your country have a mass, social or public housing policy? We haven’t unique housing policy. Turkey
have the urban development policy and housing policy is part of them. The policy has relied on neo-liberal
market rules. So housing policy is no sustainable.
Does your country have mass, social or public housing programmes? If so, for each programme, provide
the following: yes
 Name of programme
 Date started
 Dated ended
 Number of units planned within the programme
 Number of units constructed to date
 Number of vacant units
Mass/social/public housing units:
 absolute number of housing units
 % of total housing units in the country
Total population housed in mass/social/public housing
What are the ownership patterns in mass/social/public housing in terms of: there is no official
information about ownership patterns.
 Government owned (%)
 Rented to tenants (%)
 Sold to tenants (%)
 Owned by private enterprises (%)
National Housing Analysis
Based on a literature review and interviews with housing officials etc., how do you characterize access to adequate
housing in your country in terms of:
o Weaknesses, for example:
 Are tenants forcibly evicted? Is there a legal process for evictions? Is it followed by officials?
 What are the most critical constraints in the housing sector or the most severe housing problems in
regards to
 Insufficient Infrastructure and Basic Urban Services.
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Challenges
Insufficient Urban Land Supply (national population and housing density are high level in
general but some cities have rather low population. Because of this reason land rent is
dominated in land supply.)
Expensive Building Technology and Materials
Lack of Housing Rights
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Improper building to local and urban development plans
Using improper material to decrease construction costs.
Improper Housing Finance and high level interest rate
Short building life
Weak structure for disaster.
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Skilled Labor
Youth (rising house needs for young people)
Construction sector is main sector for economic development in national and
international level.
In-migration
Strengths
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Opportunities
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Geopolitics facilities
Urban transformation
High experience and know how
As a cultural trend, personal wealth are invested to estate by people like a social
security.
*Provide a bibliography (using Harvard style referencing) of the literature and other sources that you have
reviewed. All bibliographies will be compiled and shared publically.
1.2 City Context Analysis
Please indicate and give references to the current or most recent source of information on:
Urban Context
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Name of City: Mersin
Total Population within official city boundaries: 1.682.848
Total population including informal extensions, if any
Slum/Informal Population (there is no officially information)
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 absolute number
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% of total population
Annual urban population growth rate (%) 0.019
Annual slum population growth rate (%) there is no information.
Mass Housing
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Does your city have mass, social or public housing programmes? If so, for each programme, provide the
following: Local authority follows and applies national programmes. There is no transparency sharing
knowledge by local authorities.
 Total number of units planned within the programme
 Total number of units constructed to date
 Total population housed in the programme
 Total number of vacant housing units (more than 1 year after completion)
What are the ownership patterns in terms of: (amount of house sales for 2012 are 18447), there is no
detailed information.
 Government owned (%)
 Rented to tenants (%)
 Sold to tenants (%)
 Owned by private enterprises (%)
Urban Analysis
Based on a literature review and interviews with housing officials etc., how do you characterize access to adequate
housing in your city in terms of:
o Weaknesses
 High level migration
 High level unemployment (14, 1%) (Ministry of Development [2013]: 98). (Kaynak: SEGE-2011 / tam
ismi: illerin ve bölgelerin gelişmiş sıralaması araştırması)
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Challenges, for example:
 Vacant house
 Insufficient Urban Land Supply
 Ecological problems
 Problems of Urban transportation
 High raise buildings throughout the coast
 Prime agricultural land is transformed to built-up area.
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Strengths
 Youth
 Skilled Labour
 Local dynamic economic activities.
 Geopolitical location
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Mersin has the second developed port of Turkey and free zone in that area.
Closed to industrial zone.
Tourism region base on cultural, historical, religious, natural, etc.
Mild climate and suitable topography for construction.
Relative cheap life costs.
Opportunities, for example:
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Experienced Labour and know how
Local developing economic structure and social life.
Geopolitics facilities
Providing innovation via Urban transformation
As a cultural trend, personal wealth are invested to estate by people like a social
security.
Trend of ownership brings economic dynamism.
*Provide a bibliography (using Harvard style referencing) of the literature and other sources that you have
reviewed.
All
bibliographies
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compiled
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shared
publically.
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1.3 Mass housing locality Analysis.
Based on a literature review and interviews with residents and housing officials etc., how do you characterize
access to adequate housing in the selected mass housing locality in terms of:
o Identify the key institutions and organizations involved in the mass housing locality.
o Housing stock of the selected competition locality
 absolute number of housing units
 % of the total housing units in the programme
o What is the typical layout or grouping of housing blocks? Please provide a description with an
accompanying image (.jpeg) or sketch.
o What is the percentage of built up areas vs open spaces?
o Describe the socio-economic demographics of the mass locality in terms of:
 Ethnic origins (major groups, total number of residents, % of residents). There is no agglomeration
according to the ethnic origin.
 Places of birth (urban, rural, overseas etc.) : mix of urban and rural.
 Years Settled: for forty years
 Migration pattern
 Rural-Urban; why? Economic and social reasons.
 Urban-Urban; why?
 Marital status (Single, Married, Divorced, Widowed etc.) mix
 Education levels (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary etc.) mix
 Types of employment/industry: mostly service sector
 Average income per year: 6.000-120.000 TL.
 Distance(s) to work: average 2 km.
 Mode of travel. Minibus and private automobile.
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o What is the average housing unit size in m²? What kinds of amenities exist? 100 m
o What is the standard household expenditure pattern? Housing, transportation, feeding, education,
payments of credit cards, etc.
o What is the average price of a dwelling in the mass housing programme: none
 For sale :
 For rent per month
o What are the estimated levels of affordability that can be defined for different social groups? In other
words, what is the price of housing that residents are able to pay both for buying and renting? It depends
where building is.
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Amenities: Any tangible or intangible benefits of a property, especially those that increase its attractiveness or
value or that contribute to its comfort or convenience.
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What is the estimated house price-to-income ratio?
25,4 % (Turkstat Data, Seçilmiş Göstergelerle Mersin, 2013: p.166)
What is the estimated demand for housing improvement?
What are the types of construction of the mass housing units:
 Reinforced concrete skeleton construction: Exist, yes, all right
 Prefabricated large elements: None
 Prefabricated small components: None
 Load bearing masonry walls: exist
 Other types, please specify. None
What is the location of the mass housing estate vis-à-vis the city centre?
Core of the new city includes to mass housing estate.
What is the location of the mass housing estate vis-à-vis different urban uses?
Eğriçam is neighbour of the marina and this district is close to shopping mall. There are two main artery
around the township
*Provide a bibliography (using Harvard style referencing) of the literature and other sources that you have
reviewed.
All
bibliographies
will
be
compiled
and
shared
publically.
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1.4 Challenges to be addressed in the locality
Describe the challenges in your targeted mass housing locality that would need to be addressed in your proposals
concerning: please see 1.3, locality analyse is similar to city analyse. Because Mersin is a small city and Eğriçam –
our practice area- is inner city.
o Challenges, for example:
 Social issues
 Economic and Access to financing modalities
 the Environment and Microclimate
 Governance and Citizen Participation
 Management and Maintenance
 Policy, Regulatory and Institutional
 Other(s), please specify
o Weaknesses, for example:
 Are tenants forcibly evicted? Is there a legal process for evictions? Is it followed by officials?
o Strengths, for example:
 What are the key strengths of the mass housing locality?
o Opportunities, for example:
 Location, rapid transit, views, surrounding amenities etc.
ANNEX 2:
MASS HOUSING BEST PRACTICE REPORTING FORMAT
Please provide the following information on the selected Best Practice:
1. Practice Details
a) Title of the Best Practice:
Comprehensive identity of neighborhood and the inhabitants
b) City/Town: Mersin/ Yenişehir –Eğriçam Quarter
c) Country: Turkey
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2. Address of the Best Practice
Name of the Organization: Spontaneous citizen initiative and small developers
Street: NA (Non-applicable)
P.O. Box: NA
City/Town and Postal Code: Mersin 33160
Country: Turkey
Telephone (Country code) (City code) number: NA
Fax (Country code) (City code) number: NA
3. Name of the Contact Person: İbrahim Ünel Yılmaz
4. Email of the Contact Person: NA (+90 324 3415015)
5. Type of Organization - Choose one of the following:
 Central Government
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Para-statal
Non-Governmental Organization
International Agency
Professional Association
Media
Technical Experts/Consultants
Other, please specify
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Local Authority (Muhtar or mukhtar the elected head of a village or of a
neighborhood within a town or city)
Private Sector
Community-Based Organization
Foundation
Academic/Research
Philanthropist
Network
The Nominating Organization (only if different from above)
a) Name of Organization - Yenişehir Municipality
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Address of the Organization - Limonluk Mah. Vali Hüseyin Aksoy Cad. No:3/1 33120 Mersin
Tel : 0 324 327 33 00 (pbx) Fax : 0 324 327 63 77
b) Contact Person - Berna Güllü
c) Type of Organization – Choose one of the following:
 Central Government
 Local Authority
 Para-statal
 Private Sector
 Non-Governmental Organization
 Community-Based Organization
 International Agency
 Foundation
 Professional Association
 Academic/Research
 Media
 Philanthropist
 Technical Experts/Consultants
 Other, please specify
7. The Partners - NA
a) Name of Organization:
b) Address of the Organization (including street, P.O. Box, City/Town, Postal Code, Country,
Telephone, Fax and Email addresses
c) Contact Person:
d) Type of Organization – Choose one of the following:
d)
 Central Government
 Local Authority
 Para-statal
 Private Sector
 Non-Governmental Organization
 Community-Based Organization
 International Agency
 Foundation
 Professional Association
 Academic/Research
 Media
 Philanthropist
 Technical Experts/Consultants
 Others, please specify
Type of Support – Choose one of the following:
 Financial Support
 Technical Support
 Political Support
 Administrative Support
 Other, please specify
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*Other partners (Same format as above)
8. Level of Activity
Select one of the following that best describes the usual level of activity:
 Global
 Regional
 National
 Provincial/State
 Metropolitan
 City/Town
 Neighbourhood
 Village
 International
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Eco-System
Select the eco-system in which your initiative usually operates:
 Arid/Semi-Arid
 Coastal
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 High Plateau
 Island
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 River Basin
 Tropical/Sub-Tropical
Continental
Mountain
10. Narrative
Use the following headings and suggestions to describe the Best Practice case study:
SITUATION BEFORE THE INITIATIVE BEGAN [Approximately 150 WORDS]
Describe the situation before the initiative began. What major problems and issues are needed to be
addressed in the area? What is the approximate population size? What is the approximate geographic
area? What social groups e.g. women, youth, ethnic minorities, were affected and in what ways?
Internal migration to Mersin as a coastal attraction from rural eastern regions has accelerated in 1980s
due to economic and social conflicts. In addition, German-based Turkish working families invested on
the urban land which will be profitable for their future. Both parties bought the land in Eğriçam quarter
that they could able to make their own houses by small developers.
The population of the Eğriçam quarter 16 412 in December, 2012 The size of geographic area is 41.2
hectare. In 2012, Planning Department of Yenişehir Municipality, 35.7 hectare of the whole area
examined and discovered 1180 plots, and 1017 buildings. In conclusion, plots average area was detected
as 247 sqm. with 1.45 floor space ratio (FSR), 0.82 Gross Floor Area (GFA). One of the major problems
has occurred in 1990s as an illegal configuration of housing density, especially with the proportion of
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building heights and the land size due to rapid population rise and uncontrollable urban growth.
Depending upon haphazard development, insufficient technical infrastructure and social facilities have
been pointed out. Accordingly, the second important issue, two-floor buildings became 5 or 6 story
against to municipal legislations and bye-laws (Güllü, 2009).
As a result of deficiency of technical and social parameters, life quality of the quarter is non desirable.
PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES [Approximately 150 WORDS]
Provide a summary of the main priorities, objectives and strategies of the initiative. Describe the policies
and strategies adopted for city-wide development, where applicable.
The main priorities and objectives are seen below:
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Affordable housing, proximity of services and community facilities in the city core,
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Warm neighborhood relations even with the kinship bonds,
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Sense of safety, being away from crime and hot conflicts and prevention of those threads,
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Opportunities to find jobs and being chance of better employment,
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Natural Character of the immediate environment such as Pastoral Landscape, for instance,
existing Oranges and Olive Gardens,
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Low density of housing with working facilities,
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Easy integration of the area which has got similarities of rural life style. In other words, have
a transition period for being a total citizens, not being urban villagers
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Promotion of social life and possibility of better education.
Unfortunately, there were no applicable policies and strategies adopted for city-wide development in
the period between 1980–1990, by the local and central authorities. Therefore, citizen initiated housing
has been applied. Recently, governmental departments of housing issues (TOKI) tried to have an
intervention on some quarters in Mersin city such as Eğriçam, Çay, Çilek and Özgürlük in 2008. However,
people voted and not accepted sudden changes in their housing environment especially changing the
place and the lifestyle with the added economic expenses.
INNOVATION & SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS [Approximately 400 WORDS]
Describe how the integration of the social, economic, environmental, financial, governance and
managerial elements of innovative sustainability was achieved, particularly with regards to:
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Social Issues: Gender equity and equality as well as social inclusion and mobility;
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Proposal innovative art and craft workshops (wood art, painting glass and ceramic, homemade
pastries, ) provides job opportunities for women. These activities includes to social life
Initiatives which: accept and respond to social and cultural diversity; promote social equality and
equity, for example on the basis of income, gender, age and physical/ mental condition; and
recognise and value different abilities.
It is proposed as in the poster explanation, there will be arts and crafts center and job creation for
the inhabitants in the quarter since the most influenced groups are the young population, woman,
retired and disables.
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Economic Issues: How were new jobs created and employment opportunities increased? What
initiatives were undertaken and by whom to foster income generation?;
In Eğriçam, there is not enough work facilities, on the contrary, Marina - the nearest area in the
seashore- is a well-developed and a luxury recreational place. Therefore, digital bazaar and houses
with workplaces in their ground floors are innovative place-making strategies as seen in the Plates.
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Environmental: Reducing the eco-footprint through renewable energy as well as changing
production and consumption patterns and technology through, for example, composting, recycling,
community gardens etc.;
Gardens on the floor have proposed to design on the upper floors as big terraces letting the
sunshine through buildings with ecologically designed facades and apparatus.
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Financial: Use and leveraging of resources including financing and subsidising modalities for
improvements. How were financial resources mobilized and where did they come from (bilateral
and/or multilateral assistance etc.)? Specify key actors (including community/women’s groups),
organizations or institutions that were/are responsible and accountable for managing funds;
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Proposed Scenario
Enhancement of Citizen Participation to the quarter will be the important agent to the problem of
revitalization of the quarter. Local Yenişehir Municipality and the local administrative office are
partnering the new housıng program with the University research, educational and practice activities. A
semi-non-profit sector would be involved to develop housing schemes, together with the quarter's NGO
or association.
In the master plan proposal, new amenities proposed for the quarter to bring new people to get
economic revival as well as support from the other citizen typology as student population. Two student
accommodations proposed, One is dormitory type and the other one is the residential type. Therefore,
people would move and live from their houses while their new houses are developed. New High Street
and Diagonal Street will be the place for new economic activities for the new student population and
existing house owners. There will be restaurants and cafes in these new expended roads. New houses
are having a workplace as the traditional work + home configuration. They may have a digital bazaar
road to provide varied computer devices by the help of the local firm placed at the main artery GMK
Boulevard. There will be new locomotive or generator buildings at the GMK Boulevard (Leman Culture
Building) and the second boulevard (IMAX Cinema). These buildings can bring a competition against to
the Luxury Recreation Marina area, where the seashore filled and created a land mark in the city. Leman
Culture Building is a type of building which serves to the new youth spirit because it is very popular in
the Metropolitan cities in Turkey. These amenities is supported by the different concept of houses,
which are 'Live-and-Study' and 'Live-and-Work' idea for the young generation and the family or elderly
inhabitants. Furthermore, houses are proposed with gardens in the lower configuration, and having big
green terraces in the upper situation with ecologically design to have benefit from the Mediterranean
sun and wind. As the conclusion, proposed scenario would work to create sustainable housing and
environment.
Proposed Models
EPISODE 1 Build-Operate-Transfer Model
-Ownership solution for the new development
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-Managing created plus value in order to utilize
EPISODE 2 Actors:
Semi-Non-Profit Organization (Limited Company)
University Collaboration (Contributed Capital)
Municipal Advisory Board
Association of the Quarter
Citizen Cooperative
EPISODE 3 Roles
Firm sets up project & construction management
University contributes with research, innovation
and educational practice
Municipal Advisory Board organize regulations
Citizens act as participants
Cooperative Manage the whole production
EPISODE 4 Step-by-step Implementation
Design and Construction will be done in stages
in different plots and islands.
Two High-rise / mix-rise housing units &
4/5 storey-housing are propoped to built.
Ownership pattern will be design to transform
to original owners when buildings completed
without transferring users to another place
STAGE I-
Type 3 is allocated to the families and works as an apart hotel with
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varied types
STAGE II- Type 1 ‘Live-and-Study’ Students Housing should be built first in
order to raise capital to make other housing units.
STAGE III- Type 4 The student dormitory can be built to accommodate for
existing inhabitants of Eğriçam quarter during the construction period of their
housing
STAGE IV- Type 2 housing units completed for ‘Live-and-Work’ Housing for the
working inhabitants of the Quarter.
STAGE V- Facilities buildings construction will be started respectively IMAX
Cinema, Arts and Crafts Center, Leman Culture, Cafes, Squares and Digital
Bazaar.
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Governance and Citizen Participation modalities: How were human resources mobilized? How did
people (both men and women), communities, organizations and institutions participate in the
initiative? How were priorities, objectives and strategies formulated and established and by whom?
What were their inputs with regards to basic needs, civil rights and/or policies? Please specify
leadership and gender specific roles where appropriate;
Proposed models seen above:
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Leadership in inspiring action and change, including change in public policy;
Empowerment of people, neighbourhoods and communities and incorporation of their
contributions;
Acceptance of and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity;
Potential for transferability, adaptability and replicability;
Appropriateness to local conditions and levels of developments.
Management and Maintenance: Efficient, transparent and accountable management systems that
make more effective use of human, technical and natural resources. Were there any tools, methods
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and/or benchmarks used to assess the performance of management? By whom and how often?;
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Other(s)
RELATED POLICIES OR LEGISLATION [Approximately 100 WORDS]
Has this practice been supported by a municipal, regional or national public policy or legislation? If so,
please describe briefly. Similarly, have any policy changes or new laws been enacted as a result of this
practice? If so, please describe briefly. Include information on laws, regulatory frameworks, by-laws or
standards and on accepted decision-making processes, and management systems.
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11.
Neighborhood and settlement revival and rehabilitation.
Safe and healthy building materials and technologies.
Job creation and eradication of poverty.
Protection and conservation of natural resources and of the environment.
Crime reduction and prevention; Promotion of social equality and equity.
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Using the Harvard Referencing style, list no more than 10 sources of information (news articles, journals
etc.) in alphabetical order which focus on the Best Practice.
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Analysis of Best Practice Example (Optional)
Research, select and illustrate a best practice example of the revitalization of a mass housing locality.
Please refer to Annex 2.
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1.5 Innovative Concepts
Given the above national and urban contexts, the challenges identified at the locality level and the best practice
example(s), how would you go about proposing the urban revitalization of your targeted mass housing locality?
In addition to the criteria illustrated in the competition guidelines, please provide specific areas of intervention
needed to revitalize the mass housing locality on the following issues:
o Social integration and enablement
o Economic opportunities and job creation
o Environmental regeneration and conservation
o Financing/Subsidizing modalities for improvements
o Governance and Citizen Participation modalities
o Management and Maintenance solutions
o Other(s), please elaborate
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1.6 Further Research
What further research could be carried out after the competition to contribute to the revitalization of mass
housing?
This may include the following challenges:
o Social integration and enablement
o New architectural proposals encouraging social integration
o Governance and Citizen Participation modalities
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