The Production of Space: Everyday Life in Medina in The Period of The Prophet Mu？ammad (PhD. Dissertation)

The theory of the production of space used in our study, which was put forward in 1974 by Henri Lefebvre in his book The Production of Space, brought about many space discussions in social theory. The book, which claims to put forward a general theory of space, has been the subject of controversy, but it is noteworthy that it is one of the most frequently used sources of space studies. The aim of this study is to re-read the theory mentioned in the book. Because a different perspective will be brought to the social relations and problems that are encountered every day in social life and which are tried to be understood, explained and solved by the related researches. This study, The Production of Space: Everyday Life in Medina in The Period of The Prophet Mu？ammad(PhD. Dissertation, Ankara Y？ld？r？m Beyaz？t University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of History, Ankara, Turkey, 2019) aims to provide an important perspective on understanding the intellectual roots of the problem even if it does not provide a concrete and direct contribution to the solution of social problems. The research problem of the thesis is the evaluation of the processes of production of space (in the case of Medina) in the context of the theory of the production of space, which occupies an important place in space discussions in social theory. What is space? What does the space cover? How is the space produced? How does space affect daily life? Based on such a research problem, two dimensions of the scope and purpose of the thesis can be mentioned. First of all, the thesis should be evaluated in two categories as theoretical and research scope. In terms of theoretical/conceptual scope, the thesis is examined in three axes. The first axis is the philosophy of space based on what the concept of space is, and the relationship between the philosophy of space and the theory of production of space, which is written by the same name that stands out in a number of works of Lefebvre, and the theory that is adopted as a basis. Although the definitions and propositions of many philosophers and theorists are discussed here, the theory of the production of space constitutes the backbone of the theoretical context of the thesis. In this context, the theoretical/conceptual aim of our thesis is to make a detailed reading of the related theory and to evaluate the structural/conceptual frameworks that emerge in the theory. The first step of the theoretical dimension is to evaluate the conceptual, structural and factual components that come forward especially with a detailed reading of the