TURKISH SMART CITIES’ LOOK AND OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

On a day with the interruption of the urban functions such as the failure to meet the needs of the citizens as well as the impairment or depletion of limited resources and unplanned urbanization which is caused by the factors including fast growing population, uncontrolled power etc., urban suggestions in different concepts are deliberated within the scope of sustainability. This study aims to evaluate the overall situation across Turkey and the world thereby addressing the smart cities within this concept in terms of sustainability. To this end, determinations have been made based on the data obtained from the literature as well as relevant documentation, sites and visits of the relevant units. The study demonstrates that they are in the organization process and that similar and/or several projects have been implemented considering relevant documentation in line with the requirements of each city across our country as well as across the world. Nevertheless, in Turkey, in particular, it has been found necessary to start from the correct sports in smart urbanization, further expand organization and materially support local administrations. Another significant matter is that it is necessary to focus on making local people, one of the key elements of smart city, achieve public awareness at this point with industry 4.0.