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    Planning through exception: The rise of elite informality in Istanbul
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2026) Tomruk, Banu
    This article investigates how three large-scale mixed-use complexes in Istanbul (Zorlu Center, Mall of Istanbul, and Metropol Istanbul) consolidate a state-enabled mode of elite informality through discretionary plan revisions and regulatory flexibility. It analyzes document archives, site observations, and 30 semi-structured interviews conducted across the three sites to trace governance instruments, land conversions, and spatial outcomes. The cases share a monolithic, single-owner morphology with low perimeter permeability and consumption-oriented quasi-public realms. Ground-floor public open-space provision is conspicuously low (approximately 11 % at Zorlu, and about 5 % at Mall of Istanbul and Metropol), well below neighborhood-scale expectations derived from Istanbul's planning standards. Conceptually, the study situates these patterns within graduated sovereignty and planning-by-exception, showing how formal instruments are selectively mobilized to reallocate public or formerly public land for private returns. Building on these findings, the article advances auditable policy tools, minimum perimeter porosity and non-paywalled ratios in plan notes; ring-fenced value capture to deliver atgrade links and green areas; and a Social-Use Overlay to secure affordability when public/formerly public parcels are upzoned or disposed. The contribution is twofold: it reframes these projects as institutionalized, not anomalous, expressions of elite informality, and converts comparative insights into enforceable measures that align development rights with measurable civic returns.
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    Restoring delta resilience: phased socio-ecological model for coastal recovery in Mediterranean Turkey
    (Wiley, 2026) Tomruk, Banu
    Introduction Coastal delta regions experiencing long-term ecological degradation and sudden natural disasters require restoration approaches that are adaptive, process-based, and context-specific. The Samanda & gbreve; coastline in southern Turkey, part of the Mediterranean Asi River Delta, has faced hydrological disruption, habitat fragmentation, and governance complexity, compounded by the 2023 earthquakes.Objectives This study develops a socio-ecological restoration model grounded in the reference ecosystem framework to guide post-disaster recovery. The model integrates historical baselines, local ecological memory, and participatory governance across three nested zones: Milleyha Wetland, the Coastal Dune Belt, and the Settled Coastal Strip.Methods Fieldwork combined geospatial analysis, stakeholder interviews, and archival cartography to reconstruct ecological functions and identify priority interventions. Restoration actions were sequenced into four phases, aligning ecological urgency with institutional feasibility and community legitimacy.Results The model emphasizes process-based recovery; reactivating sediment dynamics, restoring hydrological flow, and enabling species recolonization, while embedding governance as a design parameter. Proposed interventions include debris removal, hydrological reconnection, dune stabilization, negotiable retreat of vulnerable settlements, and scenarios for coastal highway. Although the model has not yet been implemented, the adaptive and consultative process contributed to early governance outcomes, including expanded legal protection of the Milleyha Wetland. An adaptive monitoring framework integrates biophysical indicators with social metrics to support iterative learning and adjustment.Conclusions The Samanda & gbreve; model demonstrates how reference ecosystems can serve as dynamic planning tools in contested deltaic landscapes. By coupling ecological restoration with spatial negotiation and cultural sensitivity, the approach reframes recovery as both ecological engineering and spatial reconciliation, positioning the reference ecosystem as a living framework for governance and adaptive decision-making under uncertainty.
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    Social and spatial impacts of changing urban form in Ayazaga, Turkey
    (Int Seminar Urban Form, 2023) Kirtas, Emine Ecem; Tomruk, Banu
    The politics of spatial reproduction have been at the heart of Turkey's economic growth over the past two decades, accelerating rapid urban change in istanbul. In addition to the transformation of the existing building stock in the city, natural spaces are also being developed through the partial revision of master plans and reproduced through large- scale new investments. This study examines the spatial changes in the Ayazaga Neighbourhood on the northern periphery of istanbul. The region has become one of the areas where large capital owners have invested extensively in the last decade. Most of the new spatial interventions are large- scale mixed- use buildings. Based on morphological analysis and in- depth interviews with residents, the study investigates the existing urban fabric and the new interventions through four specific cases. The reproduction of urban space in the case study areas is discussed in terms of spatial characteristics and social aspects. As a result, the lack of public open spaces, massive new buildings with privately owned public spaces, and the social and spatial segregation between the residents of the informal settlements and the new upper- class housing are addressed as problem areas.