LAND SPECULATION AND URBAN RENT IN TURKEY

The content and impact of rent is increasingly seen as related with the historical period that shaped urban structure depending on the rent relations, changing of life requirements and the scientific and technological developments. The land speculation which is a result of private property, is an important factor in the selection of land use decisions and defining the direction of urban development growth. As a natural result of urbanization and being urbanized, the specification of urban land and gainings to the owners are changing due to the increase of social, economic, political and spatial requirements. Attitudes and behaviors contrary to reconstruction (planning) decisions increase the land speculation. In this case, land can become a tool for the storage of wealth depending on the relative position of land in the urban area or being on the direction of urban development. In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between the city (urban), land and the rent in Turkey, and the role of land speculation that is influenced in this process is described