Batikent, Kent-Koop, Turkey

Category of Activity

Human Settlements

Brief Description

The Batikent Project was launched in 1979 by Kent-Koop and 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 people together in cooperatives, either by place of work or through the workers' unions, to decide for themselves about the type, size and number of units in their housing projects. Housing "by the people and for the people" has had an impact on the housing shortage in Turkey and has kept down the sale and rental prices in the Ankara housing market.

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Contact Information

Faruk Goksu
Batikent, Kent-Koop
Simon Bolivar Caddesi
No: 10/2 Cankaya, Ankara, 06550 Turkey
Tel. #: 90 312 441 1489 (90)
Fax #: 90 312 438 7615