Abstract—This research aims to investigate morphological changes in urban patterns in urban renewal areas by using geographic information systems and to reveal pattern differences that occur before and after urban renewal processes by applying a morphological analysis. The concept of urban morphology is not involved in urban renewal and urban planning practices in Turkey. This situation destroys the structural characteristic of urban space which appears as a consequence of changes at city, street or plot level. Different approaches and renewal interventions to urban settlements, which are formed as a reflection of cultural issues, may have positive and negative results. A morphological analysis has been applied to an urban renewal area that covers 325 ha. in Konya, in which city urban renewal projects have gained speed with the increasing of economic investments in this study. The study mentions urban renewal and urban morphology relationship, varied academic approach on the urban morphology issue, urban morphology components, changes in lots pattern and numerical differences that occur on road, construction and green space ratios that are before and after the renewal project, and the results of the morphological analysis. It is seen that the built-up area has significant differences when compared to the previous situation. The amount of green areas decreased significantly in quantitative terms; the transportation systems has been changed completely; and the property ownership has been reconstructed without taking the previous situation into account. Findings show that urban renewal projects in Turkey are put into practice with a rent-oriented approach without making an in- depth analysis. The paper discusses the morphological dimension of urban renewal projects in Turkey through a case study from Konya city. Keywords—Konya, pattern, urban morphology, urban renewal. I. INTRODUCTION HERE are a lot of reasons of structural changes in the cities. Some of them are apprehension of income, changes of social dynamics, changes occurred due to natural disasters, and physical aging or ramshackle. One of the reasons of these changes is urban renewal practices [1]. These alterations that were caused by the interventions in urban built environment can be in different formats. The most observable changes out of them are the ones in physical patterns. These changes may give positive or negative results for the characteristics of the city [2]. It is seen that these morphological changes, which generally occur in urban spaces, give negative results for the observations concluded in contrast to usual settlements and Muzaffer Ali Yaygin is with the Department of City and Regional Planning, Selcuk University, Aleaddin Keykubat Campus, Selcuklu-Konya, Turkey (e-mail: mayaygin@gmail.com) Mehmet Topçu is with the Department of City and Regional Planning, Selcuk University, Aleaddin Keykubat Campus, Selcuklu-Konya, Turkey (e- mail: topcu@)selcuk.edu.tr). physical patterns as well as for social structure of the environment where the interventions took place. The alterations in urban space bring morphological changes with transformation. The changes based on lots, the transformation of structuring, the change of storey height, and the changing of density cause the morphological changes by the urban renewal interventions. This situation also shows the morphological changes in the urban fabric. In some applications, typological changes are seen with regard to the alterations of the original pattern character and the identities because of the change of the density and the order [3]. At the present time, there is a process which is developed by means of zoning plans and provides urban renewal through rebuilding methods apart from the areas which are structurally spoilt because of economic, physical, social and functional reasons. A new spatial and social relationship is expected on the urban fabric of the previous periods by means of urban renewal practices that are carried out to protect the old structural fabric, However, historic, cultural and natural spaces have ended up losing their original urban fabric as a result of these kinds of applications [4]. Some of the renewals [5] in the city centres, which mostly started in 1950s in Turkey and go on today without compromising the intensity, spread on a large area whereas some have been performed on single building plot or single lot scale. These alterations are performed partly as reconstruction of buildings destroyed in a single plot or lot, changing the shapes of building plots and building height, changing the sizes of the lots or the building layout [5]. In this context, the concept of urban morphology is not within the process of urban planning and urban renewal practices in Turkey and the changes occurring based on lots, the whole cities or parts of cities cause the disappearance of the structural characteristics of urban space, building plots, and street patterns. The fact that the settlements that occurred as a reflection of the cultural structure were exposed to renewal interventions as a result of the different approaches may give positive or negative results. In this regard, a morphological analysis has been applied to an urban renewal area that covers 325 ha. in Konya, in which city urban renewal projects have gained speed with the increasing of economic investments. The main aim of this study is to contribute to urban renewal applications depending on urban design, and urban planning process of urban morphology approach, and to discuss the morphological dimension of the renewal practices in Turkey with reference to the discussion in Konya. The study is divided into six sections. The first section is introduction. The second section explains several academic A Morphological Examination of Urban Renewal Processes: The Sample of Konya City Muzaffer Ali Yaygın, Mehmet Topçu T World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering Vol:10, No:7, 2016 943 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 10(7) 2016 scholar.waset.org/1307-6892/10005149 International Science Index, Structural and Construction Engineering Vol:10, No:7, 2016 waset.org/Publication/10005149