%0 Journal Article
%T The Transformation of Space and Social Class: The Past and Present of £¿ukurambar
%A Aksu Ak£¿ao£¿lu
%J -
%D 2018
%X This paper examines the relation between physical space and social space by focusing on the recent transformation of £¿ukurambar, an old gecekondu neighborhood in Ankara. Applying to Pierre Bourdieu¡¯s conceptual tools, this paper interrogates the social implications of spatial transformation.Based on the data that was acquired from an ethnographic research, the study first explicates the spatial trajectory of £¿ukurambar. The trajectory of the neighborhood goes in parallel with the general transformation of urban space in Turkey. Being a villageuntil 1950s, £¿ukurambar transformed into being a gecekondu neighborhood as a result of the internal migration waves.The social destiny of the neighborhood changed sharply again as a result of the neoliberal urban transformation projects.The paper underlines two dynamics that fastened the spatial transformation in £¿ukurambar: the intensification of political capital and economic capital.The product of the fast spatial transformation is the formation of an upper-middle class neighborhood. The partnership of politicians, local governments and urban transformation industry ended up with the making of the upper-middle class neighborhood
%K Kentsel d£¿n¨¹£¿¨¹m
%K orta s£¿n£¿f
%K £¿ukurambar
%K gecekondu
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/idealkent/issue/42409/501877