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Master’s Degree 11 2 4 1 1 0
Doctorate
Employment Status
Full-time 235 48 286 54 191 49
Part-time 5 1 8 2 4 1
Unpaid family worker 0 0 4 1 3 1
Housewife 120 24 132 25 106 27
Pensioner 87 18 48 9 35 9
Student 25 5 21 4 30 8
Unemployed 19 4 29 6 22 5
Income status
Very high 21 4 48 9 59 15
Quite high 341 69 260 49 198 51
Quite low 112 23 126 24 85 22
Very low 12 2 34 6 22 6
No answer 5 1 60 11 27 7
Home ownership
Homeowner 277 56 316 60 261 67
Tenant 212 43 205 39 118 30
Lodging 2 0 7 1 12 3

2.3. Perceptions and expectations of urban transformation

In the survey study conducted one year after the enforcement of Law No.
6306 on urban transformation (2013), it is seen that the level of knowledge
on the subject is higher compared to the following years (Figure 2). The
results of the two survey studies conducted in 2019 can be interpreted as
the answers given in the first research showed that participants heard about
the law rather than having knowledge about it. The positive and negative
aspects of the transformation examples reflected in the press and social
media between 2013 and 2019 may have also allowed the survey participants
to question their level of knowledge. When asked about the relationship
between urban transformation and safe construction, there are no obvious
parallels or contrasts between the survey periods and regions. In the 2013
survey, participants living in areas other than the 4th Ring stated that they
think they will live in a safe structure after urban transformation projects by 45-
50%. Although the participation rate in this proposition in 2019, the difference

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