https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/215 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:36:09 GMT 2026-04-10T14:36:09Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/11065 Preventing False Memories and Revitalizing Collective Memory with the Help of Historical Cartographic Materials and GIS: An Examination of the Lost Piers of Mersin Beyhan, Burak; Çelik, Mehtap Piers are vital elements in the formation of collective memory in Mediterranean port cities and they played an important role in Mersin's urban life until the 1950s. Although there are some oral history-based studies attempting to spatialize them, they lack any measure of accuracy and reliability, and carry the risk of leading to false memories. In this context, the aim of this paper is to illustrate that collective memory can be properly reconstructed by using historical maps only if appropriate methods of analysis and reliable maps are used. In this study, which is based on various historical maps of Mersin city, the locations of the lost piers have been determined by using georeferencing tools available in QGIS. The study reveals that the tendency to construct false memories could be prevented by using reliable maps and appropriate tools in GIS in combination with the archive records. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/11065 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10439 Investigation of theoretical hydroelectric potential with GIS-based model in Buyuk Menderes Basin, Turkey Koç, Cengiz; Bayazit, Yıldırım; Özgül, Selami Yurdan In this study, using a Geographical Information System (GIS) based model method, locations having theoretical hydroelectric energy potential were identified in the Buyuk Menderes basin, one of Turkey's largest basins. According to the installed power potential on the examined basin, 33 sites below 10 MW, 57 sites between 10 and 50 MW, 4 sites between 50 and 100 MW, and 1 site over 100 MW were found as a consequence of the study. While the theoretical hydroelectric energy potential in the whole basin is 886.55 MW at 70% turbine efficiency, the installed power in the basin is currently 302.02 MW. According to these results, only 34.07% of the total hydro potential in the basin is used today. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10439 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10354 Housing in Turkey: Policy, Planning, Practice Sari, Ö. Burcu Özdemir; Aksoy Khurami, Esma; Uzun, Nil This book presents the major features of the path that the Turkish housing system has followed since 2000. Its primary focus is to build an understanding of housing in Turkey from the policy, planning, and implementation perspectives in the 21st century, interwoven with the effects of neoliberalism. It investigates the social, spatial, and economic outcomes of the shift in philosophy and behaviour by the government regarding housing. The book discusses failures in housing outcomes as government failures, incorrect or inefficient regulations, lack of regulations, and lack of monitoring of the policy outcomes. Chapters on the housing-economy relationship, financialization and indebtedness, housing market experiences based on case studies, and the housing policy provide the reader with an opportunity to observe different outcomes in a world where housing challenges and issues are similar. This book will be of interest to urban planners, political scientists, and sociologists, as well as undergraduate/graduate students and housing sector experts all over the world who are interested in the various dimensions of the housing problem. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10354 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10353 Introduction Sari, Ö. Burcu Özdemir; Aksoy Khurami, Esma; Uzun, Nil The first two decades of the 2000s witnessed events that have had worldwide effects, such as the global financial crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the housing affordability crisis. These developments have deepened the existing social and spatial inequalities, resulting in the transformation of housing policies and the functions and meaning of housing. Although housing policy is path-dependent, countries still have a lot to learn from each other. With this motivation, this study presents the major features of the path that Turkish housing policy has followed since 2000. Housing has become one of the major political, economic, and social issues in Turkey since the early 2000s. This resulted in an extraordinary surge in housing output across the country. The housing boom knows no limits, transforming the country into a construction site and creating a significant amount of surplus stock. The social, spatial, and economic outcomes of these limitless construction processes require investigation. This book aims to fill this research gap. The chapter concludes with an overview of the book's structure. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10353 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z