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World Urban Forum

World Urban Forum

(1148 words)
May 16, 2026

World Urban Forum (WUF), established by the United Nations in 2001 as an international platform to examine the impacts of rapid urbanization on societies, cities, economies, climate change, and policies. Organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the forum is a technical meeting aimed at facilitating global knowledge sharing, promoting best practices, and enhancing coordination among stakeholders in the field of sustainable urbanization. Institutional Structure and

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AYŞE TUBA KESKİL

AYŞE TUBA KESKİL

İlhan Tekeli

İlhan Tekeli

(696 words)
July 2, 2026

İlhan Tekeli (11 November 1937, İzmir) is a Turkish urban and regional planner, academic, writer and thinker. He is known for his contributions in the fields of urbanism, local governance, urban history, planning theory and social sciences in Türkiye. He is among the academics who significantly contributed to the development of the planning discipline in Türkiye. Early Life and Education İlhan Tekeli was born in İzmir in 1937. He completed his primary and secondary education in İzmir. After grad

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Berna Çamur

Berna Çamur

Cevat Geray

Cevat Geray

(626 words)
December 2, 2025

Cevat Geray is a social scientist whose work focuses on public administration, urbanism, regional planning, cooperativism, and community development. Throughout his academic and institutional career, he has held various positions both within universities and through public institutions. His research aimed to develop scientific approaches to addressing socio-economic challenges that emerged during Türkiye’s period of planned development. Early Life and Education Cevat Geray was born in Istanbul i

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Seviye Nur Gönülölmez

Seviye Nur Gönülölmez

Urban Design

Urban Design

(682 words)
February 26, 2026

Urban design is an interdisciplinary field that addresses environmental responsibility social equity and economic vitality as an integrated whole in shaping urban space. Although this concept entered the literature in the second half of the 20th century initially being viewed merely as a tool for regulating urban aesthetics it has now become one of the primary practical instruments of strategic planning. Urban design functions as a bridge between urban planning and architecture defining a form o

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Onur Çelik

Onur Çelik