The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep

Old urban center restoration and a new wave of museum-centered city life recently have emerged as a salient phenomenon in the daily lives of city dwellers in Gaziantep, Southeast Turkey. This article examines the cultural production of an urban identity here that is both cosmopolitan and entrepren...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meltem KARADAĞ, Şenay LEYLA KUZU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gaziantep University 2018-07-01
Series:Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/504250
_version_ 1797914678307848192
author Meltem KARADAĞ
Şenay LEYLA KUZU
author_facet Meltem KARADAĞ
Şenay LEYLA KUZU
author_sort Meltem KARADAĞ
collection DOAJ
description Old urban center restoration and a new wave of museum-centered city life recently have emerged as a salient phenomenon in the daily lives of city dwellers in Gaziantep, Southeast Turkey. This article examines the cultural production of an urban identity here that is both cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial in nature. Drawing on contemporary theoretical work and the case of Gaziantep, this article analyzes the cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial city genre and identifies new forms of inequalities which may consequently emerge.
first_indexed 2024-04-10T12:31:00Z
format Article
id doaj.art-95fb0650348f422f80e104c14f7e9c48
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1303-0094
2149-5459
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-10T12:31:00Z
publishDate 2018-07-01
publisher Gaziantep University
record_format Article
series Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
spelling doaj.art-95fb0650348f422f80e104c14f7e9c482023-02-15T16:14:56ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences1303-00942149-54592018-07-011731107111510.21547/jss.404707The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in GaziantepMeltem KARADAĞ0Şenay LEYLA KUZU1Gaziantep üniversitesiGaziantep üniversitesiOld urban center restoration and a new wave of museum-centered city life recently have emerged as a salient phenomenon in the daily lives of city dwellers in Gaziantep, Southeast Turkey. This article examines the cultural production of an urban identity here that is both cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial in nature. Drawing on contemporary theoretical work and the case of Gaziantep, this article analyzes the cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial city genre and identifies new forms of inequalities which may consequently emerge.http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/504250Cosmopolitan cityCosmopolitan identityEntrepreneur cityMigrationTurkey
spellingShingle Meltem KARADAĞ
Şenay LEYLA KUZU
The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
Cosmopolitan city
Cosmopolitan identity
Entrepreneur city
Migration
Turkey
title The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
title_full The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
title_fullStr The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
title_full_unstemmed The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
title_short The Cosmopolitan and Entrepreneurial City: Urban reimagining in Gaziantep
title_sort cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial city urban reimagining in gaziantep
topic Cosmopolitan city
Cosmopolitan identity
Entrepreneur city
Migration
Turkey
url http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/504250
work_keys_str_mv AT meltemkaradag thecosmopolitanandentrepreneurialcityurbanreimaginingingaziantep
AT senayleylakuzu thecosmopolitanandentrepreneurialcityurbanreimaginingingaziantep
AT meltemkaradag cosmopolitanandentrepreneurialcityurbanreimaginingingaziantep
AT senayleylakuzu cosmopolitanandentrepreneurialcityurbanreimaginingingaziantep