The past, the present and the future of the "State Housing" in Turkey

Türkiye’de var olan konut açığına rağmen, Cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarında oldukça önemli olan “Devlet Konutu” kavramının yeterince gelişmesine izin verilmemiştir. Bu makalede Devletin değişen ekonomi ve sosyo ekonomi politikaları bağlamında terk edilen Devlet Konutu uygulamalarının konut sektöründe sadece nicelik olarak değil hatta daha çok nitelik olarak büyük bir boşluk yarattığı sonucuna varılmaktadır. Bu nedenle bugün özellikle kooperatifler ve toplu konut uygulamaları ile tamamen terk edildiği söylenebilen “Devlet Konutu” kavramının yeniden canlandırılmasının gerekliliği, bu çalışmanın hem amacını hem de sonucunu oluşturmaktadır.Although there is a housing shortage and affordability problem, the concept of "State Housing" defined as a dwelling which has been directly produced, managed or owned by the state had not been enabled to develop. Before investigating "State Housing" in Turkey which was a very important concept during the beginning of the Republic, to explain the housing problem and the responsibility of the state on this problem topic are going to be useful. In this paper after examining the importance of "State Housing", the development process of "State Housing" and the applications of this process in Turkey are going to be evaluated in terms of quantity and quality. Withdrawal of the government entirely from production process of housing has been affected the more crucial housing problems like housing shortage and squatters or illegal settlements. Neglecting "State Housing" applications during the change in economical and socio-economical policies produced a big gap in housing not only on quantitative aspects but also on the quality of housing. The necessity to renew the concept of "State Housing", decreasing and replacing to co-operatives and mass housing applications day after day, constitutes both the aim and the result of this study. This paper based on the Ph.D. thesis named by "A Research and Evaluation on the Political Context for the Solution of the Housing Problem in Turkey" is already supplementary part of the one sub-chapter of the thesis