Ali TÜREL, Professor (Chairperson)

B.C.P., M.C.P., METU; PhD, London School of Economics

Department of City and Regional Planning
Faculty of Architecture METU Ankara 06531
Phone: + 90 312 210 2204
E-mail: turel@arch.metu.edu.tr

Research interests: Housing Economics and Policy, Urban Transport, Urban Development and Planning Issues


Taught Courses:
CRP 471 Principles of Housing
CRP 401 Planning Studio VII
CRP 402 Planning Studio VIII
CP 537 Urban Property Development and Planning
CP 530 Topics in Planning Economics

Selected Publications:

- "The Contribution of Housing Cooperatives to Housing Provision in Turkey", Report of Colloquium on Contribution of the Cooperative Sector to Housing Development, Ed. by. Ali Turel, Inge Jensen and Selman Erguden, Published by UN-HABITAT, UNECE, ICA, HDA, TURKKONUT; Nairobi, Geneva and Ankara, 2002.
- "Housing Provision in Istanbul: Dominance of Unauthorised Housebuilding", Conference Proceedings in CD, Housing Cultures - Convergence and Diversity, ENHR 2002 Vienna Conference, 1-5 June 2002, University of Vienna, Austria.
- "The State of World Cities - 2001", (One of the writers, editors and technical analysts), United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Publications, 2001, Nairobi, Kenya.
- "Housing Finance in Turkey During the Last Decade', in European Housing Finance: Single Market or Mosaic? Editors: Will Bartlett, Glen Bramley, University of Bristol. School for Advanced Urban Studies publications.1994
- "Turkey: Coping with High Transit Demands through Entrepreneurship", (with Mentes, G.and Gunal, T.), in A Billion Trips A Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns. Editors: I. Salomon, P. Bovy and J.P Orfeuil; Kluwer, 1993.
- "Housing Producers in Turkey'" (in Turkish); "Owner-occupied Housing in Turkey" (in Turkish), in Konut Üreticileri. Mulk Konut. Kiralık Konut; Published by Housing Development Administration, Housing Research Series: 14, 1996, Ankara.
- "A Study of the Provision and Use of the Low-Cost Formal Housing in Istanbul", in Development of Istanbul Metropolitan Area and Low-Cost Housing~ written by Tekeli, I., Senyapılı, T., Türel, A., Güvenc., M. and Acar, E., Published by Turkish Social Science Association, Municipality of Greater Istanbul, IULA-EMME, Istanbul, 1992. - "Developments of Housing Production in 1980's in Turkey (In Turkish), Journal of Faculty of Architecture METU. Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 137-154, 1989.
- "Spatial Differentiation of Housing Prices in Ankara" (In Turkish) Journal of the Faculty of Architecture. Middle East Technical University, Vol.7, No: 1 pp.97-109; Spring 1981.


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