a critical evaluation on the concept of justice in planning process

1. In which subjects and by whom were the actions proceeded? How did these actions
conclude in the end of the judicial process?
2. In which subjects do actions regarding planning process concentrate in judicial
process?
3. What is the ratio of the actions concerning urban space and planning process through
all of the actions proceeded in Administrative and Juridical Courts?
1.4.1.2. Detailed Examination:
In order to make a determination regarding perception and definition of justice, a
second stage study has become obligatory in addition to general <strong>evaluation</strong> stage. In this
second stage, it is aimed to evaluate in detail the definitions of actors through the
generalization obtained before. During the process forming the second stage of the
study, each court file related to planning process are examined separately in detail
according to the following topics; claims of parties on application petitions, claims of
defense, expertise reports, decisions of the local court, amendment demands of appeal-
decision and applications to the Ministry of Justice. In this detailed examination process
following questions have to be answered:
1. How do property owners that express spatial demands, courts that evaluate these
demands and experts that evaluate these demands in planning discipline define “justice”
concept in their claims?
2. How do parties define equality, liberty and interest concepts in their claims?
3. How are public and private interests evaluated in conflicting demands?
4. Who are the most disadvantaged groups in <strong>evaluation</strong> of the expressions by the need
originated justice definition in Rawslian perspective?
After general examination stage, total number of the actions caused by conflicts,
where related municipalities and zmir No.1 Committee of Protection of Cultural and
Natural Heritage were the parties, has been found out as 1215 cases. 965 of these court
files concerns directly with planning and urban space and detailed examinations of these
files has been realized. These examined court files do not represent all of the actions
proceeded in the related municipality and obtained data do not include only the actions
where related mayoralty is the party. Objection actions, which were proceeded against
the decisions of zmir No.1 Committee of Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage
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