Abstract
After the independence in 1923, Turkish government introduced Western system and technology to modernize its own society. The new capital, Ankara was constructed as a part of such modernization policy and city planning skills brought by foreign urban planners was also accepted. The purpose of this study is to grasp the modern city planning skills from the adaptation process to traditional town in Turkey, and to think over the significance of the new capital construction in the modernization of Turkey. The findings are as follows: 1) City planning skills accepted in Turkey achieved to build a vast new city area, but pre-modern space and society still remained in the city heart of Ankara. 2) Through the construction of new capital Ankara, it was successful in elimination of previous space control systems and administrative machinery to provide modern ones.
