DISCUSSING THE PRODUCTION OF TOURIST SPACES AS THE TOOL OF CAPITALIST PRODUCTION RELATIONS: THE CASE OF KYRENIA/TURISTIK MEKAN URETIMININ, KAPITALIST URETIM ILISKILERI ARACI OLARAK TARTISILMASI: GIRNE ORNEGI

This study aims to open a discussion in relation to the production of space, under the effects of capitalist production relations. It primarily focuses on how developing societies utilise the production of space, as a tool of capitalism, for their articulation into local and global capital accumulation in a theoretical framework. In doing so, it concentrates on tourist spaces as a product of the capitalist service industry, thus opening a discussion via the perspective of spatial political economy. In this respect, the study presents a field study in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, investigating the relationship between capitalist production relations and the production of tourist spaces. The study intends to constitute a meta-narrative via Lefebvre's functional categorisation of space. Accordingly, tourist spaces in Kyrenia were scrutinised as a means of production, as an object of consumption, as a political instrument, and as the intervention of class struggle. As a result, the discussions indicated that the production of tourist spaces in Kyrenia develops with the guidance of the capitalist investors and government, in a manner where economic capital can be benefited from. However, this capital-oriented situation turns spaces into an abstract tool that is ready to be constantly reproduced, in line with the aim of increasing economic profit. Within the Kyrenia Context, this approach has caused problematic social and environmental results in a society that does not have a strong spatial strategic plan. Keywords: Space production; tourism industry; spatial political economy; Kyrenia Bu calisma, kapitalist uretim iliskilerinin mekan uretimi uzerindeki etkisini tartismayi amaclamaktadir. Kapitalizmin sermaye birikim sureclerinin bir araci haline donusturdugu mekansal uretimi tartisirken, gelismekte olan toplumlarin bu sureci yerel ve kuresel sermaye akisini desteklemek icin nasil kullandigina odaklanmaktadir. Bu dogrultuda, kapitalist hizmet sektorunun bir urunu olarak turistik mekanlara odaklanarak, mekansal politik ekonomi perspektifinden bir tartisma acmaktadir. Calisma, Kuzey Kibris'in Girne kentinde, kapitalist uretim iliskileri ile turistik mekanlarin uretimi arasindaki iliskiyi irdeleyen bir saha calismasi sunmaktadir. Calisma Lefebvre'nin sunmus oldugu mekanin kapitalizmdeki dort temel islevi uzerinden bir meta-anlati sunmayi hedeflemistir. Bu dogrultuda, Girne'deki turistik mekanlar bir uretim araci, bir tuketim nesnesi, siyasal bir arac ve sinif mucadel