A Closer Look at One Department
F
or this issue, we want to introduce
you to Urban and Regional Planning,
so
we
interviewed Assoc. Prof.
Turgay
Kerem
KORAMAZ who is also a
member of the Faculty
Introduction
Committee.
How do you define Urban and Regional
Planning?
Urban and Regional Planning, which is a
department in the Faculty of Architecture,
is an area that determines how cities and
regions will develop in the future. It is
mostly described under the discipline of
architecture in Turkey and Europe. This
department involves study and research of
all kinds like how any kind of settlement
will improve in the broader sense, how it
will solve problems, and how it will utilize
its potential. It has become a field of study
that covers various issues including social
policies, economic investment and
political content in the light of
developments in recent years because the
planning discipline, especially in the
United States and the United Kingdom,
introduced
important
studies
in
accordance with theories developed by
geography and economy theorists.
Lessons are being given under the
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geography faculty at some universities in
the world.
What is waiting for a freshman who starts
in this department?
You will get lessons from various
departments. Your theoretic lessons will
consist of a wide range of disciplines such
as geography, economy, sociology,
architecture, geomatics engineering and
geometric engineering. On the other hand,
you will get vocational courses such as
residences, conservancy areas, industrial
areas and green areas.
What abilities are you expecting your
students to have?
There are two important qualifications.
The first one is thinking analytically.
Students should have creativity and
abilities of looking and seeing. For
example, they should have the ability of
thinking analytically in order to relate to
something with all its dimensions.
However, it is not an ability to have before
starting education in the department
because I think it is a kind of ability that
people can gain over time.
The second one is being a rationalist.
Reasonable proposals and solutions in
accordance with planning ethics and
universal values should be put forward. Of
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