Özdamar, Esen Gökçe2022-05-112022-05-1120141047-5192https://doi.org/10.5070/bp327120857https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/7562Turkey's biggest villa city eco-project located near Çatalca in Istanbul fails in fulfilling the aspects of an ecological planning and moreover becomes a land piece of rows of summer houses on a resource protection area. Despite its large scale planning, this gated villa town has recently turned into a ghost town and a still life architecture without much notice. However, there are remedies for transforming this area into an ecological park by implanting renewable energies.en10.5070/bp327120857info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessHorizontal gated villa townHousingIstanbularchitectural designecological approachtown planningurban developmenturban housingurban planningIstanbul [Turkey]TurkeyReview Article2711011072-s2.0-84911389591Q3