Istanbul: A global city to sell?
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2011
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İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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The aim of this work is to critically examine Çağlar Keyder‘s studies on the urban transformation process of Istanbul - a 'global city‘ candidate of post-1983 era. While doing so, this study first gives a basic overview of the 'global city‘ literature within the framework of globalization; then considering the writings of Keyder between 1993 and 2010 and tracking course of his ideas on Istanbul‘s urban politics and by looking at some basic economic indicators, it tries to understand the positioning of Istanbul in the global economic system: What are the roles envisaged for Istanbul and what is the reality? Relating Keyder‘s writings to the literature, it focuses on a final question: "Does urban transformation process of Istanbul on its way to become a 'Global City‘ make Istanbul a 'better' place to live in or it just sharpens the existing inequalities and creates more polarization than ever within the society; thus making Istanbul a place 'ready-to-explode‘ where many 'heavens and hells' co-exist?"
