Ankara, Turkey

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These slides of housing and population of Ankara, Turkey were taken mostly between 1968 and 1976 with a few additional slides being taken in 1989.  Most of the photographs were taken by me but a few were taken by John Clark, formerly of Harvard University.  The photographs are structured to represent the different environments that have emerged as Ankara rapidly urbanized during the latter half of the 20th Century.  Background: First, there is the historical city of Ankara.  The city emerged from settlements as old as 2000 BC, but achieved some prominence (more)