Social policy of housing in Turkey: the case of the city of Van after the 2011 earthquake

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Sosyal Politika Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2018

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: CANSU ERTÜRK

Danışman: Çağatay Topal

Özet:

2011 Van Earthquake was the initiator of an urban transformation wave across Turkey primarily targeting disaster-risky areas. Today’s conjuncture shows that public actions aiming at the compensation of past damages and the mitigation of future ones have been mostly embodied in state-led mass housing and urban regeneration projects. In this context, the main aim of this thesis is to analyze housing policies implemented in post-earthquake recovery process of the city of Van. Welfare issues brought about policy implementations concerning housing reconstruction are evaluated on the basis of problems created by capitalist urbanization, particularly being commodification of housing and displacement. After the analysis of Van case, social policy recommendations are improved upon universalist and redistributive social policy approaches.