{"product_id":"ayvansaray-kentsel-okuma-denemesi","title":"Ayvansaray Urban Reading Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book titled “Ayvansaray Urban Reading Attempt,” prepared under the editorship of Dilay Güney and a product of a long-term oral history study conducted in Ayvansaray Neighborhood, Fatih, Istanbul, has been published by Istanbul Topkapı University Publications.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his introductory article for the book, Istanbul Topkapı University Rector Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin states: “...Although Ayvansaray Neighborhood in Fatih district of Istanbul, which is the research area, holds a privileged place in the urban history of Istanbul, not much research has been conducted on this neighborhood until today. Therefore, this book fulfills a mission of our University by uncovering personal, local micro-histories that have remained hidden throughout the historical process, showcasing our university’s distinctiveness, and aiming to increase social awareness and contribute to the local community.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProf. Dr. Dilay Güney, Dean of Topkapı University's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ois.topkapi.edu.tr\/bilgipaketi\/eobsakts\/fakultetanimi\/fakulte_kodu\/03\/ln\/tr\"\u003eFaculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture\u003c\/a\u003e, who served as the editor of the book with chapter authors Dilay Güney, Tuna Kan, Cansu Saka, Zeynep Sude Gürbüz, Öncül Kırlangıç Işıl, Alp Arısoy, Mehmet Duman, and Deniz Berker, says the following about the content of the book and Ayvansaray in her introductory remarks:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“... Ayvansaray Neighborhood, chosen as the work site, is a part of the city with a very special historical topography. The uniqueness of this area stems from both its geographical location and the social structure created by this location. The Historical Peninsula of Istanbul ends at this point in the north and meets the Golden Horn. It is also at the point where the Land Walls of Istanbul end and merge with the Sea Walls of Istanbul. The city walls, which were the borders of medieval cities, separated the inner-center and outer areas. For the city of Istanbul, the Land Walls of Istanbul undertook the task of defining the inner and outer city. Ayvansaray Neighborhood is a threshold space located at the outermost part of the center. The Land Walls of Istanbul lead to this neighborhood being defined as both intra-city and ex-centric. This special physical location has enabled the diversification of social identities living here and led to the formation of a ‘threshold identity’ character socially.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis neighborhood has been an area where various ethnic identities have coexisted from its past to the present. The ‘inner-center’ has pushed social others to its borders. The identities that the center has pushed ‘outward’ are social others; non-Muslims—Greeks, Jews, Roma, and immigrants... However, social otherness has created a positive outcome in this region and has led various ethnic identities to form a culture of coexistence rather than excluding each other as others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e...The discussions with the narrators guided the chapters on the neighborhood. The section ‘About Ayvansaray’ aimed to uncover narratives about the general daily life of the neighborhood from past to present. In the ‘Ayvansaray Baths’ section, the close relationship between the baths and the socio-cultural structure and daily life of the neighborhood is discussed, along with the historical characteristics of the bath structures. In the section titled ‘Celebration Ritual in Ayvansaray’, the wedding ritual, one of the most important rituals of the \"Loncalı\" identity encountered in the book, is narrated. The section ‘Watching the Past: Arif from Balat’ reveals the urban memory of the region through past places extracted from a cinema film. The section ‘From Worker Cafes to 'Coffee' Shops: Transformation in Ayvansaray’ questions the transformation experienced in the neighborhood's daily life along with its physical fabric, through spaces shaped by production relations. The title ‘Production and City on the Ayvansaray-Balat Axis’ provides an understanding of the coastal economy of the Golden Horn and a cultural identity formed through its socio-economic structure, while also revealing how a micro-economy changes the boundaries of the neighborhood, region, and even the city. Finally, the section ‘The Phenomenon of Converging \/ Conflicting Space and Identity in the Context of The Pit Series’ focuses on how urban spaces turn into a communication tool in the film industry, accompanied by contemporary urban sociology.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"İstanbul Topkapı Üniversitesi Yayınları","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329633497331,"sku":"9786259277905","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/files\/ayvansaraykentselokumadenemesiKAPAK.jpg?v=1764707930","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/ayvansaray-kentsel-okuma-denemesi","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}