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This study is the experimental study on the perception of the city center of Kırklareli, Turkey.  The main aim of this study is: • To figure out effects of spatial experiences on city perceptions of the city planning    students • To figure out the differences and the similarities about the city-visions of both the permanent residents of Kırklareli and the university students who reside in the city for a certain time related to their educational period, • To figure out if the vision of Kırklareli town could be well perceived or not. Through the study, how the city image impresses on the students; the comparisons of the city perceptions between the students and the permanent residents and how they perceive the city were determined using Kevin Lynch analysis techniques. This study could be considered as data in the planning studies with its results and scope, during the transformation of Kırklareli becoming and developing as a “university town”.

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