Experience of housing cooperatives in Turkey

Sule ÖZÜEKREN, ITÜ, Faculté d'architecture, Istanbul The word cooperative is undoubtedly one that is internationally known yet the ways in which housing cooperatives are organized and operated throughout the world show wide variations. The most important distinction is between collective ownership and individual ownership cooperatives. For example, after the construction phase, the cooperative may maintain the ownership or may transfer ownership of the housing to its members. Or, where indiv..