“Gecekondu” as an “Uprising Against Homelessness” or Looking at “Gecekondu” through the Lens of Homelessness: The Example of Hasan İzzettin Dinamo’s Novel Koyun Baba

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“Gecekondu” as an “Uprising Against Homelessness” or Looking at “Gecekondu” through the Lens of Homelessness: The Example of Hasan İzzettin Dinamo’s Novel Koyun Baba

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N.A.

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Sosyoloji | Program Değerlendirmesi ve Sosyal Etki Değerlendirmesi

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.45 Issue 1, pp.262-305

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

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Türkçe

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2001353931

pISSN:

2667-6931

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 The geckonia slum phenomenon in Türkiye emerged as a response to the housing needs of people migrating to large industrial cities following the onset of internal migration after 1950. It became a practical solution to both the housing crisis and the risk of mass homelessness. Faced with an insufficient housing stock, millions of migrants were left with few choices: return to their hometowns, live on the streets, or construct their own makeshift homes in the form of squatter settlements. Many occupied vacant, state-owned land and avoided homelessness by building improvised structures that resembled homes but did not conform to formal housing standards. Over time, these shanties developed into urban neighbourhoods and cultivated their own distinct cultures. The slum phenomenon, which became widespread from the 1950s onward, has been reflected in both cinema and literature. During the 1970s and 1980s, Turkish cinema portrayed the challenges of slum life in films such as Sultan, Gülen Adam, and Güler Misin Ağlar Mısın, combining elements of drama and comedy. In the literature, authors such as Orhan Kemal, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Latife Tekin, and Orhan Pamuk addressed the issue of slums in their works. Hasan İzzettin Dinamo, in his novel Koyun Baba 1976, also examined the slum phenomenon as a solution to the housing crisis and, in the narrators words, an uprising against homelessness. He described how migrants exploited legal loopholes in building their shanties, the difficulties they encountered, and the creative strategies they employed to overcome them. This research seeks to explore the housing solutions and social dynamicssuch as the formation of temporary extended familiesthat emerge at the intersection of urban poverty and housing insecurity. It does so by drawing on concepts from the literature on homelessness, including hidden homelessness, recovery from homelessness, insecure housing, and inadequate or unsuitable housing, all of which are used to articulate various forms of housing exclusion.

 The geckonia slum phenomenon in Türkiye emerged as a response to the housing needs of people migrating to large industrial cities following the onset of internal migration after 1950. It became a practical solution to both the housing crisis and the risk of mass homelessness. Faced with an insufficient housing stock, millions of migrants were left with few choices: return to their hometowns, live on the streets, or construct their own makeshift homes in the form of squatter settlements. Many occupied vacant, state-owned land and avoided homelessness by building improvised structures that resembled homes but did not conform to formal housing standards. Over time, these shanties developed into urban neighbourhoods and cultivated their own distinct cultures. The slum phenomenon, which became widespread from the 1950s onward, has been reflected in both cinema and literature. During the 1970s and 1980s, Turkish cinema portrayed the challenges of slum life in films such as Sultan, Gülen Adam, and Güler Misin Ağlar Mısın, combining elements of drama and comedy. In the literature, authors such as Orhan Kemal, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Latife Tekin, and Orhan Pamuk addressed the issue of slums in their works. Hasan İzzettin Dinamo, in his novel Koyun Baba 1976, also examined the slum phenomenon as a solution to the housing crisis and, in the narrators words, an uprising against homelessness. He described how migrants exploited legal loopholes in building their shanties, the difficulties they encountered, and the creative strategies they employed to overcome them. This research seeks to explore the housing solutions and social dynamicssuch as the formation of temporary extended familiesthat emerge at the intersection of urban poverty and housing insecurity. It does so by drawing on concepts from the literature on homelessness, including hidden homelessness, recovery from homelessness, insecure housing, and inadequate or unsuitable housing, all of which are used to articulate various forms of housing exclusion.

 The geckonia slum phenomenon in Türkiye emerged as a response to the housing needs of people migrating to large industrial cities following the onset of internal migration after 1950. It became a practical solution to both the housing crisis and the risk of mass homelessness. Faced with an insufficient housing stock, millions of migrants were left with few choices: return to their hometowns, live on the streets, or construct their own makeshift homes in the form of squatter settlements. Many occupied vacant, state-owned land and avoided homelessness by building improvised structures that resembled homes but did not conform to formal housing standards. Over time, these shanties developed into urban neighbourhoods and cultivated their own distinct cultures. The slum phenomenon, which became widespread from the 1950s onward, has been reflected in both cinema and literature. During the 1970s and 1980s, Turkish cinema portrayed the challenges of slum life in films such as Sultan, Gülen Adam, and Güler Misin Ağlar Mısın, combining elements of drama and comedy. In the literature, authors such as Orhan Kemal, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Latife Tekin, and Orhan Pamuk addressed the issue of slums in their works. Hasan İzzettin Dinamo, in his novel Koyun Baba 1976, also examined the slum phenomenon as a solution to the housing crisis and, in the narrators words, an uprising against homelessness. He described how migrants exploited legal loopholes in building their shanties, the difficulties they encountered, and the creative strategies they employed to overcome them. This research seeks to explore the housing solutions and social dynamicssuch as the formation of temporary extended familiesthat emerge at the intersection of urban poverty and housing insecurity. It does so by drawing on concepts from the literature on homelessness, including hidden homelessness, recovery from homelessness, insecure housing, and inadequate or unsuitable housing, all of which are used to articulate various forms of housing exclusion.

 Turkiyede gecekondu olgusu 1950den sonra başlayan iç göç akımı ile buyuk sanayi kentlerine giden insanların barınma ihtiyacını karşılamak uzere ortaya çıkmış, konut sorununa ve olası kolektif evsizliğe çözum olmuştur. Milyonlarca göçmen mevcut konut stoğunun yetersizliği karşısında buyuk şehirde tutunamayıp memlekete dönmek, sokaktaevsiz kalmak ve kendi evini inşa etmek gecekondu seçenekleri arasında kalarak sonuncuyu seçmiştir. Göçmenler çoğunlukla devlete ait boş arazileri işgal etmiş, ev gibi ama eve benzemeyen yapılar inşa ederek evsiz kalmaktan kurtulmuştur. Yapılan bu gecekondular, şehirlerde mahalleler haline gelmiş, beraberinde kendi kulturunu de meydana getirmiştir. 1950lerden itibaren yaygınlaşan gecekondu olgusu gerek sinemada gerekse edebiyatta karşılık bulmuştur. 1970 ve 1980li yıllarda Turk sineması Sultan, Gulen Adam, Guler Misin Ağlar Mısın gibi filmlerde gecekondu mahallelerinde yaşanan sıkıntıları dram ve komedi turlerinde izleyiciye aktarmış, edebiyat alanında ise özellikle Orhan Kemal, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Latife Tekin ve Orhan Pamuk gibi romancılar gecekondu sorunu uzerinde durmuştur. Hasan İzzettin Dinamo da Koyun Baba romanında 1976 gecekondu olgusunu konut krizine çözum ve anlatıcının ifadesiyle evsizliğe karşı bir ayaklanma olarak ele almış; göçmenlerin, gecekondularını yaparken, yasal boşluklardan nasıl yararlandıklarını ve gecekondularını inşa ederken hangi zorluklarla karşılaşıp bunlara nasıl çözumler bulduklarını anlatmıştır. Bu araştırma kent yoksulluğu ve konut sorunu kesişiminde ortaya çıkan gecekondu inşa surecinin barındırdığı barınma çözumlerini ve geçici geniş aile gibi olguları; evsizlik literaturunden hareketle, evsizliğin farklı görunumlerini tarif etmek için kullanılan gizli evsizlik ve evsizlikten kurtulmanın yanı sıra konut dışlanmasını ifade eden guvensiz konut ve yetersizelverişsiz konut gibi kavramlarla ilişkilendirerek ele almayı denemektedir.

Makale detayları

“Gecekondu” as an “Uprising Against Homelessness” or Looking at “Gecekondu” through the Lens of Homelessness: The Example of Hasan İzzettin Dinamo’s Novel Koyun Baba

Yazarlar:

N.A.

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Sosyoloji | Program Değerlendirmesi ve Sosyal Etki Değerlendirmesi

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.45 Issue 1, pp.262-305

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353931

pISSN:

2667-6931

Hidden homelessness

Slum

Migration

Turkish novel

Hasan Izzettin DinamoGizli evsizlik

Gecekondu

Göç

Türk romanı

Hasan İzzettin Dinamo

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: N.A.

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı Sosyoloji | Program Değerlendirmesi ve Sosyal Etki Değerlendirmesi

Dergi: İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.45 Issue 1, pp.262-305

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001353931

pISSN: 2667-6931

Sayı

Yazarlar:

N.A.

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Sosyoloji | Program Değerlendirmesi ve Sosyal Etki Değerlendirmesi

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.45 Issue 1, pp.262-305

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353931

pISSN:

2667-6931