Esma AKSOY KHURAMİ is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, the Department of City and Regional Planning at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. She earned her bachelor’s (2014), MSc (2017), and PhD (2021) degrees from Middle East Technical University. She received several awards with her MSc thesis, including the Nathaniel Lichfield Award by Regional Studies Association in 2017. Her research interests focus on low-income households, housing affordability, homeownership, quantitative methods, and techniques in housing and planning studies.Ö. Burcu ÖZDEMIR SARI is Associate Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her PhD in Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund, Germany. She conducted research projects about housing affordability, residential vacancy, and property rights. She is currently teaching urban economics and housing. Her research interests are urban studies, housing economics, housing policy, and residential reinvestment. She is the editor of the Housing Book Series launched by the Institute of Urban Studies (Turkey).Nil UZUN is a Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Urban Geography at Utrecht University in 2001 with her dissertation on gentrification in İstanbul. She participated in and conducted research projects about urban transformation. Along with teaching urbanization and urban sociology, she is doing research mainly on gentrification and residential transformation.

• 1 IntroductionÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı, Esma Aksoy Khurami, Nil UzunPART IHousing in Turkey: Framework of the Study2 The Turkish Housing System: An OverviewÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı3 Housing Policies in Turkey: Paving the Way for Urban TransformationNil Uzun4 Housing and Living Conditions of Turkish Households: What Has Changed since 2000s?Esma Aksoy Khurami5 Limitations of Housing Research Data in Turkey and Proposals for a Better SystemG. Pelin Sarıoğlu ErdoğduPART IIHousing, Economy, and Financialization6 Housing Market Dynamics: Economic Climate and its Effect on Turkish HousingLeyla Alkan Gökler7 Varieties of Residential Capitalism in Turkey: State-Led Financialization of HousingZeynep Arslan Taç8 Everyday Negotiations of Finance and Debts in State-led Mass Housing Estates for Low-income Households in Istanbul Esra Alkim KaraagacPART IIIHousing Market Experiences9 Understanding Residential Vacancy and its Dynamics in Turkish CitiesH. Kübra Kıvrak, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı10 Discussing Housing Submarkets in the Ankara Metropolitan AreaTuğba Kütük, Tanyel Özelçi Eceral11 Do Location Choices of Residents Matter? Comparative Analysis of Two Gated Communities in BursaEbru Kamacı Karahan12 The Repair, Maintenance, and Restoration of Traditional Housing and the Related Legal Framework: Antalya KaleiçiAynur UluçPART IVHousing Policy (or Lack Thereof) and Its Implications13 Housing for Ageing Populations in TurkeyYelda Kızıldağ Özdemirli14 Housing and Transport Cost Burden: The Experience of Tenant Households in TurkeyEsma Aksoy Khurami, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı15 Urban Transformation Policies of the 21st Century: State-led GentrificationNil Uzun

Esma AKSOY KHURAMİ is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, the Department of City and Regional Planning at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. She earned her bachelor’s (2014), MSc (2017), and PhD (2021) degrees from Middle East Technical University. She received several awards with her MSc thesis, including the Nathaniel Lichfield Award by Regional Studies Association in 2017. Her research interests focus on low-income households, housing affordability, homeownership, quantitative methods, and techniques in housing and planning studies.Ö. Burcu ÖZDEMIR SARI is Associate Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her PhD in Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund, Germany. She conducted research projects about housing affordability, residential vacancy, and property rights. She is currently teaching urban economics and housing. Her research interests are urban studies, housing economics, housing policy, and residential reinvestment. She is the editor of the Housing Book Series launched by the Institute of Urban Studies (Turkey).Nil UZUN is a Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Urban Geography at Utrecht University in 2001 with her dissertation on gentrification in İstanbul. She participated in and conducted research projects about urban transformation. Along with teaching urbanization and urban sociology, she is doing research mainly on gentrification and residential transformation.

• 1 IntroductionÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı, Esma Aksoy Khurami, Nil UzunPART IHousing in Turkey: Framework of the Study2 The Turkish Housing System: An OverviewÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı3 Housing Policies in Turkey: Paving the Way for Urban TransformationNil Uzun4 Housing and Living Conditions of Turkish Households: What Has Changed since 2000s?Esma Aksoy Khurami5 Limitations of Housing Research Data in Turkey and Proposals for a Better SystemG. Pelin Sarıoğlu ErdoğduPART IIHousing, Economy, and Financialization6 Housing Market Dynamics: Economic Climate and its Effect on Turkish HousingLeyla Alkan Gökler7 Varieties of Residential Capitalism in Turkey: State-Led Financialization of HousingZeynep Arslan Taç8 Everyday Negotiations of Finance and Debts in State-led Mass Housing Estates for Low-income Households in Istanbul Esra Alkim KaraagacPART IIIHousing Market Experiences9 Understanding Residential Vacancy and its Dynamics in Turkish CitiesH. Kübra Kıvrak, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı10 Discussing Housing Submarkets in the Ankara Metropolitan AreaTuğba Kütük, Tanyel Özelçi Eceral11 Do Location Choices of Residents Matter? Comparative Analysis of Two Gated Communities in BursaEbru Kamacı Karahan12 The Repair, Maintenance, and Restoration of Traditional Housing and the Related Legal Framework: Antalya KaleiçiAynur UluçPART IVHousing Policy (or Lack Thereof) and Its Implications13 Housing for Ageing Populations in TurkeyYelda Kızıldağ Özdemirli14 Housing and Transport Cost Burden: The Experience of Tenant Households in TurkeyEsma Aksoy Khurami, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı15 Urban Transformation Policies of the 21st Century: State-led GentrificationNil Uzun

Esma AKSOY KHURAMİ is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, the Department of City and Regional Planning at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. She earned her bachelor’s (2014), MSc (2017), and PhD (2021) degrees from Middle East Technical University. She received several awards with her MSc thesis, including the Nathaniel Lichfield Award by Regional Studies Association in 2017. Her research interests focus on low-income households, housing affordability, homeownership, quantitative methods, and techniques in housing and planning studies.Ö. Burcu ÖZDEMIR SARI is Associate Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her PhD in Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund, Germany. She conducted research projects about housing affordability, residential vacancy, and property rights. She is currently teaching urban economics and housing. Her research interests are urban studies, housing economics, housing policy, and residential reinvestment. She is the editor of the Housing Book Series launched by the Institute of Urban Studies (Turkey).Nil UZUN is a Professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Urban Geography at Utrecht University in 2001 with her dissertation on gentrification in İstanbul. She participated in and conducted research projects about urban transformation. Along with teaching urbanization and urban sociology, she is doing research mainly on gentrification and residential transformation.

• 1 IntroductionÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı, Esma Aksoy Khurami, Nil UzunPART IHousing in Turkey: Framework of the Study2 The Turkish Housing System: An OverviewÖ. Burcu Özdemir Sarı3 Housing Policies in Turkey: Paving the Way for Urban TransformationNil Uzun4 Housing and Living Conditions of Turkish Households: What Has Changed since 2000s?Esma Aksoy Khurami5 Limitations of Housing Research Data in Turkey and Proposals for a Better SystemG. Pelin Sarıoğlu ErdoğduPART IIHousing, Economy, and Financialization6 Housing Market Dynamics: Economic Climate and its Effect on Turkish HousingLeyla Alkan Gökler7 Varieties of Residential Capitalism in Turkey: State-Led Financialization of HousingZeynep Arslan Taç8 Everyday Negotiations of Finance and Debts in State-led Mass Housing Estates for Low-income Households in Istanbul Esra Alkim KaraagacPART IIIHousing Market Experiences9 Understanding Residential Vacancy and its Dynamics in Turkish CitiesH. Kübra Kıvrak, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı10 Discussing Housing Submarkets in the Ankara Metropolitan AreaTuğba Kütük, Tanyel Özelçi Eceral11 Do Location Choices of Residents Matter? Comparative Analysis of Two Gated Communities in BursaEbru Kamacı Karahan12 The Repair, Maintenance, and Restoration of Traditional Housing and the Related Legal Framework: Antalya KaleiçiAynur UluçPART IVHousing Policy (or Lack Thereof) and Its Implications13 Housing for Ageing Populations in TurkeyYelda Kızıldağ Özdemirli14 Housing and Transport Cost Burden: The Experience of Tenant Households in TurkeyEsma Aksoy Khurami, Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı15 Urban Transformation Policies of the 21st Century: State-led GentrificationNil Uzun