The most valuable lessons in this case is
Shopping behaviour in contemporary societies is losing
its rational roots based on needs and instead becoming
an indicator of social status and tool of psychological
satisfaction. The reflection
of change in life-styles in the physical environment may
result the development of many architecturally similar
modern malls which result in lost landscape identities in
metropolises. This is the case in many metropolises in
the world as well as in Ankara. In this context, the identity
of Ankara as a modern capital should also be questioned.
The transformation of the cityscape from “educational
and cultural capital” to “one of the biggest shopping
cities” should be monitored carefully. It should be noted
that there is a saturation point for the development of new
shopping malls. In Ankara, while new malls are still under
construction some of the previous examples have started
to lose their popularity and are run down.