EXPECTATIONS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE REGARDING URBAN RENEWAL BASED ON THEIR CULTURAL CAPITAL:THE CASE OF ISTANBUL

Introduction: This study analyzes expectations of the elderly (over 65 years of age) residents of Istanbul regarding urban renewal on the basis of their cultural capital.The literature review indicated that a very limited number of studies existed that focused on urban renewal while considering elderly people's views. In those studies, the elderly often is either treated as a homogenous group or separated on the basis of their ethnicity and/or socioeconomic status. Therefore, this study was conducted to fill an important gap in the literature, namely that the analysis of the differentiation of urban renewal expectations of the elderly based on their cultural capital.