Özet:

Globalization, which affects many social, political and cultural areas, has inevitably influenced cities that have centered on human relations throughout history. As a result of increasing population pressure, the cities, which encounter an intense migration wave in the process of urbanization, had to deal with many problems. One of the problems affecting both the physical structure of urban places and social life in these places is the integration of the individuals who migrated to the city. Individuals who come from rural to urban have difficulties in adapting to the social and economic structure one by another they are worried about being accepted by the people living in the city. Therefore, an individual’s feeling of ownership of the city, feeling as part of the city, adaptation to urban life and urban consciousness constitutes an important element in the solution of the current problems of cities. Thus, hometown associations have been established that based on solidarity phenomenon and described as buffer mechanisms, for alleviating the adaptation problems of migrants to the city. The concept of citizenship is defined by those who migrate from the same country in the associations established primarily for the purpose of providing cooperation among the citizens and bringing them together and providing material and moral support. At this point, hometown associations that serve for immigrants to city to maintain their community relations which they obtain in rural areas and to save cultural values belonging to the region that they have come is a questionable topic about in which extent they are functionable in adaptation to city. Because of these characteristics, associations can cause individuals to stay within the life patterns they bring from the countryside and thus delay the acquisition of urban consciousness. Besides, associations don't approve that definition of countryman in a way that includes those who reside in the same region in line with legislation. Instead, the associations base their definition on the concept of being born in the same place. This approach can be seen as a factor that extends the integration process of migrants. In this study, it is defended that although hometown associations are mechanisms supporting the adaptation to the city in the early periods of migration, they have a slowing effect on the formation of urban consciousness in the later periods. Correspondingly, the aim of the study, to explain that effect of hometown associations on the urban consciousness. As the method of the study; text analysis has been used and thanks to literature research the main concepts have been explained, the field researches have been evaluated and finally, after the determination of the current situation, new proposals in addition to completed projects have been asserted.

Özet:

Globalization, which affects many social, political and cultural areas, has inevitably influenced cities that have centered on human relations throughout history. As a result of increasing population pressure, the cities, that encounter an intense migration wave in the process of urbanization, had to deal with many problems. One of the problems affecting both the physical structure of urban places and social life in these places is integration of the individuals who migrated to the city. Individuals who come from rural to urban, have difficulty in adapting to social and economic structure one the other hand they are worried about being accepted by the people living in the city. Therefore, an individual's feeling of ownership of the city, feeling as part of the city, adaptation to urban life and urban consciousness constitute an important element in the solution of the current problems of cities. Thus, hometown associations have been established that based on solidarity phenomenon and described as buffer mechanisms, for alleviate the adaption problems of migrants to the city. The concept of citizenship is defined by those who migrate from the same country in the associations established primarily for the purpose of providing cooperation among the citizens and bringing them together and providing material and moral support. At this point, hometown associations that serve for immigrants to city to maintain their community relations which they obtain in rural areas and to save cultural values belonging to the region that they have come is a questionable topic about in which extent they are functionable in adaptation to city. Because of these characteristics, associations can cause individuals to stay within the life patterns they bring from the countryside and thus delay the acquisition of urban consciousness. Besides, associations don’t approve that definition of countryman in a way that includes those who reside in the same region in line with legislations. Instead, the associations base their definition on the concept of being born in the same place. This approach can be seen as a factor that prolongs the integration process of migrants. In this study, it is defend that although hometown associations are mechanisms supporting the adaptation to the city in the early periods of migration, they have a slowing effect on the formation of urban consciousness in the later periods. Correspondingly, the aim of study, to explain that effect of hometown associations on the urban consciousness. As the method of the study; text analysis has used and thanks to literature research the main concepts have been explained, the field researches have been evaluated and lastly, after the determination of the current situation, new proposals in addition to completed projects have been asserted.

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