Children are important actors in the urban areas of Turkey since they make up the largest demographic group. Therefore, the reasons behind their being regarded as ‘passive’ should be re-examined, in view of the fact that they live and work in, and create and recreate the city. The purpose of this study is to elaborate the children’s right to the city concept from two different points of view using liberal and radical approaches within the theoretical framework provided by Marcuse in the right to the city discourse. The reason for choosing Marcuse is that at some points, his arguments meet with both a liberal and radical understanding of the right to the city. Therefore, these two approaches will be compared regarding children’s right to the city in Turkey in light of related literature. In the last part of the study, children’s right to the city will be discussed from these two perspectives with the particular case of street children derived from findings in the literature. It is revealed that while there are significant developments in Turkey at local and international level in terms of children’s right to the city and street children, there is still a need for a strengths-based perspective which positions children as active agents making decisions about their own lives and formation of urban space.

儿童是土耳其城市地区的重要参与者，因为他们构成了最大的人口群体。因此，应该重新审视他们被视为“被动”的原因，因为他们生活和工作在城市，创造和再创造城市。本研究的目的是在马尔库塞在城市权话语中提供的理论框架内，使用自由和激进的方法从两个不同的角度阐述儿童的城市权概念。选择马尔库塞的原因是，在某些方面，他的论点符合对城市权的自由和激进理解。因此，将根据相关文献比较这两种方法关于土耳其儿童的城市权。在研究的最后一部分，将从这两个角度讨论儿童的城市权利，并结合文献中发现的街头儿童的特殊案例。据透露，虽然土耳其在地方和国际层面在儿童的城市和街头儿童权利方面取得了重大进展，但仍然需要一种基于优势的观点，将儿童定位为积极的代理人，为他们自己做决定生活和城市空间的形成。