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 Volume 8, Issue 4 (April 2021), Pages: 61-74

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Historic squares’ identity expression: Namik Kemal Square, Famagusta-Cyprus

 Author(s): Ejeng Ukabi *, Ayten Özsavaş Akçay

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Architecture, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-0051

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.04.008

 Abstract:

Historic square's naturalistic layers harmonize in contrast with man's unstable taste, changing intentions with time, and neoliberal policies. Consequently, the challenge of what will stand out on the square's expression to the future remains an enormous pertinence amid the identity struggle. Recall that historic squares represent the bedrock for the chronological events that shaped human settlements, be it socio-economic, cultural, religious, political, art and architecture, educational, and folklore. This paper aims to analyze the square's identity as part of its historical and cultural representation. Besides, examine the layers on the surfaces (facades) facing it and their functional changes from history to now. The paper adopted an integrated study approach, using a literature review simultaneously with fieldwork to perform the analysis to describe and observe beyond the structural image to the social implications of the surrounding works of art, architecture, and nature. Based on the results, Namik Kemal Square is characterized socially, physically, and functionally by the surfaces of Lusignan, Venetian, Ottoman, British, Republic of Cyprus, the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to now. The square exemplifies a mix of hard/soft surfaces and old/new textual layers. Presently, some functions have changed; others are changing, while only a small percentage maintained uncompromising character. The study hypothesizes that though place remains, occupancy changes with pre-existing tissues. Therefore, the surfaces of the diverse identities about people's existence in a setting (square) should be conserved for livability. Furthermore, design principles that will displace the square's identity should be discouraged. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Cultural diversity, Historic square, Identity, Namik Kemal Square, Famagusta

 Article History: Received 15 September 2020, Received in revised form 13 December 2020, Accepted 18 December 2020

 Acknowledgment:

The corresponding author acknowledges the Management of CRUTECH Calabar, Nigeria, for the study leave granted to undergo doctoral studies in Architecture at Near East University, North Cyprus.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Ukabi E and Akçay AÖ (2021). Historic squares’ identity expression: Namik Kemal Square, Famagusta-Cyprus. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(4): 61-74

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