Batıkent () is a city near

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

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. It is a suburban residential area located west of the city, and Ankara's largest suburb. The

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is approximately 200,000, mainly middle-class families; it is a popular residential area for students and

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workers. The dominant dwelling types are

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and

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, and apartment buildings. Batıkent was created as a cooperative housing project by Kent-Koop (Union of Batikent Housing Construction Cooperatives) to improve the quality of life for low and middle income people, mostly civil servants, traders, etc. The 1995 estimated cost of this project was approximately 43 billion dollars. Batikent was the first mass housing project to demonstrate the success of public and private partnerships in the housing field in Turkey. It was a pioneer in bringing

low income Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little

income

people together in

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, either by place of work or through the workers' unions, to decide for themselves about the type, size and number of units in their

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. Housing "by the people and for the people" has affected the housing

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in Turkey and has depressed the sale and

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prices in the Ankara housing market.Batikent, Kent-Koop, Turkey

Notes

External links

Batıkent Local Guide, News and Shopping

Batikent.org website

Batıkent Bilgi Hospital

Batıkent Dental Clinics

Batıkent High School

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