Abstract:

The neighborhood, which was built on the cultural ground of the city, is a tool for social integration. Social order rules are needed in order to ensure the continuity of social integration in the urban dimension. In Ottoman cities, where face-to-face and personal relations were prioritized more than in modern societies, it is understood that the neighborhood almost assumed a social control mission. In this context, the concept of neighborhood pressure, which emerged with the claim that it was a projection of social sensitivity in the neighborhood and provided social control during the Ottoman period, was preferred. Although the neighborhood pressure is frequently mentioned in the political science literature, it is seen that it is not included in the context of sociology and urban security. Therefore, the main argument of the study is that neighborhood pressure is effective in providing urban security. The aim of the study is to discuss the phenomenon of urban security through the sociological imagination of neighborhood pressure. For this reason, in the study, neighborhood pressure in the transformation process from traditional to modernity, the dead-end street, which is the intersection of neighborhood pressure and urban security, will be included. In addition, the sociological impact areas of neighborhood pressure will be evaluated within the framework of urban security. As a result of the study, while it is argued that sociological and spatial factors are effective in the fight against urban crimes, on the other hand, the differentiations on the way from traditional to modernity are discussed and these differentiations are tried to be illuminated on the sociological plane of urban space.