ABSTRACT

This chapter emphasizes that an important amount of information is disguised within the daily life of the city. It depends firstly on a specific position taken in the investigation of urban life and space. Secondly, it derives from the assertion that the ordinary practitioners of the city have the capacity to produce their own spaces. This implies that the urban space is also a social construct and it is perpetually produced through the socio-spatial practices of the city dwellers. The chapter focuses on a research, which elaborated an urban phenomenon that is taking place in the city of Ankara. The idea of urban space as practiced by the inhabitants depends on Henri Lefebvre's theories. The case of Minibar is significant within this frame as an urban space that is used and appropriated by a group of young people. The peculiar new way through which the inhabitants use the urban space includes a creative and productive act.