Failure to Protect a Natural Site: Istanbul Tuzla Kamil Abdus Lake

Abstract

While the "protected area" status in areas that need to be protected should be a decision regarding protection, natural areas are rapidly destroyed and consumed due to the problems experienced. Kamil Abduş Lake and its surroundings, which are the only natural examples for Istanbul, although they have the status of a natural site, have been examined and suggestions have been made. The main subject of the study is the examination of not being protected of a lagoon lake consisting of first and third degree natural protected areas and which should be transferred to future generations due to this feature, The lake, which faces the danger of extinction as a result of the intervention of the central administration on the plan decisions as a result of neoliberal policies, the wrong interventions and the declaration of the natural site as renewal area, was analyzed analytically based on the plan decisions. It has been determined with which planning decisions and unconscious interventions that the lake and its surroundings have lost its characteristic of being the lagoon lake, and what interventions have been made in order to regain it and how the results of all of these have been reflected in the natural site. In the conclusion, suggestions have been developed on what can be done instead of wrongly defined interventions. Keywords: Natural protected area, Urban conservation, Urban renewal, Regenerate, Sustainable conservation DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/6-05-02