GLOBAL CITY DEBATES AND ISTANBUL

iii Globalization of world economy has serious impacts on the cities. Role of individual cities is growing. The term “global city ” is used for some individual cities that have crucial controlling authorities in the world economy and finance. Istanbul is said to have the potential to be a global city in the near future. This claim is strong enough that policies for Istanbul are designed in parallel to the aim to make the city global. However, these policies created new problems and deepened the existing problems of inequality and polarization in Istanbul. This study discusses the results of policies towards making Istanbul a global city, in terms of the changing structure of land and labour markets of Istanbul