EXAMINED IN TERMS OF URBAN IDENTITY OF ACCESSORY MEMBERS IN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF KAHRAMANMARAS

The identity of the city is an important determinant of the distinction between the environment, the space, the architecture and the cities. One of the main determinants of urban identity, of urban perception and urban image are urban accessories. Each of the identifiable elements that can be experienced and perceived which is the reflection of the city identity has a different understanding and prevention in terms of the users and the city. There is live a rapid process of change that have experienced technological, economic and social developments in cities in recent years. This rapid change which experienced transforms cities into similar units. This situation cause the way for many negative problems such as the lost of the fascination of the cities and the disappearance of their identities. Kahramanmara？ city is take part among the cities experiencing a rapid change process. This study was performed with the goal of identifying of urban elements which provide constitute city identity and communication between individuals and defining spaces, defining and completing the city in Kahramanmaras. In the results of working; Kale, Ulu Mosque and Kathiphan, roads that are planted with natural species, Monument that Red Striped Independence Medallion and led study that Ice Cream Figure, the city affects the identity positively, palm trees that used at the entrance of the city and around the castle, advertising plates that have in the main streets, high-rise buildings and the provincial special administrative building incompatible with the surroundings has been identified as the identity components that adversely affect the urban identity. Physical proposals have been developed to strengthen the identity of the city in the direction of the results obtained