Mutual solidarity and cooperative behavior which is as old as human history are frequently took its place among the methods of housing in the last century. The role and the numrrical size of the building cooperatives in the housing system in Turkey has been very important in recent years. The increasing needs for housing for the people having low income with the increasing population in urban areas, has icreased the interest in the housing cooperatives. In recent years, both monetary and credit policies have increased the speed of housing production by means of the houding development administration (TOKI), beside this the negative qualifications about housing cooperatives have reduced the interest in acquiring by cooperativing. In this study, the situation of building cooperatives in Turkey, the obstacles in front of its development, the effect of TOKI has been disscussed and determination about building cooperatives has been made.
Keywords: Cooperative, housing, building cooperative, TOKI
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