Iraq, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Fergana
New industrial, small-industry, trade and storage areas; industrial area renewal.
City & regional planning · Ankara, 1993
Planning a safer, fairer future together.
Digitalisation, climate change, geopolitical fragility and social change rebuild the reality in which planning happens every day. We read that reality, question it and learn alongside it. We do not fight nature; we come to terms with it.
- 1/100.000Regional plan
- 1/50.000Provincial environmental plan
- 1/25.000Master plan
- 1/5.000Master plan
- 1/1.000Implementation plan
- 1/500Urban design
72.450 km²
area planned
8.9% of Türkiye's land area
32,35 million
people in planned areas
as of 2026, 37.6% of the national population
1993
founded
over 30 years of planning
15 countries
international work
from Central Asia to the Gulf
01 · Our approach
Planning is a continuous cycle
Every planning decision solves today's problem and also sets tomorrow's starting conditions. So for us planning is not a job done once; it is a cycle that keeps turning between perceiving, deciding and learning. Our aim is not to fix the future but to make better decisions under uncertainty.
- Reading in layers. We read the city and the region through their spatial, economic, ecological and social layers together.
- Questioning assumptions. We test yesterday's truths before carrying them into today's decisions.
- Learning by deciding. We monitor the new reality our decisions create and update the plan accordingly.
02 · Nature as our model
Not by consuming, but in symbiosis
From the micro to the macro, the universe has an order. In nature every living thing has a habitat and a balance. Living things thrive not by consuming one another but by benefiting one another in symbiosis; one's waste becomes another's resource. We plan cities and regions in step with that order.
- Habitat. We put every use in the right place and respect the limits of soil, water and climate.
- Symbiosis. We build housing, production, transport and green space as a network that feeds itself.
03 · Our responsibility
Every plan asks three questions
- Who decides?
- Who is affected?
- Who is left out?
Because safety lasts only with justice.
Where we work
Plans across Türkiye
The map shows the provinces where we have worked and the types of work in each. The area we have planned is 1.7 times the size of the Netherlands.
About us
Since 1993
ND İmar was founded in 1993 as Doğukan İmar and took its current name in 2015. As one of Türkiye's largest planning firms, it has completed work from regional scale to urban design in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Trabzon and many other cities.
For the Istanbul province-wide study we acted as technical coordinator, leading a planning team of nearly 100 and a board of 25 senior academic advisors.
Our founder Nadir Doğan is a city planner licensed in Group A (unlimited) by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change. He served for over ten years as chair and vice-chair of Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation Boards.
“Our decisions about the future must follow a system that works from macro to micro.”
Sustainabilityspatial, social and economic structure with the natural environment
Functionalityrationality and feasibility
Resiliencerobustness and flexibility
- Settlements that do not harm life-support systems or sensitive ecosystems
- Adding the social dimension to the economy–ecology balance
- Population sizes balanced against natural thresholds
- Passing cultural heritage on to future generations
- Building every type of disaster risk into plan decisions
- Fair and balanced access to urban services
- Information technology and R&D in urban space
- Support for globally competitive sectors
- Tiered, polycentric growth at regional scale
- A dynamic administration able to monitor and intervene
Services · Legend
Our fields of work
We carry out the whole job in-house, from mapping to planning, using one data base from airborne LiDAR to the implementation plan.
Strategic planning
Regional spatial strategy plans, scenarios and projections.
Physical planning
Regional and environmental plans, master plans, implementation and conservation plans.
Urban renewal & design
Renewal master plans, disaster-risk area projects, urban design and animation.
Transport & infrastructure
Transport planning, road and infrastructure projects.
GIS & smart plans
Plan databases, geographic information systems and smart plans.
Mapping & photogrammetry
Airborne LiDAR, true orthophoto, digital photogrammetric maps, DTM/DSM and oblique imaging.
Sectoral plans
Industry, tourism, logistics, technology parks and mass housing.
Consultancy
Planning advice for municipalities, ministries and foreign governments.
Projects · Plan sheets
Examples from Our Work
Environmental, master, implementation and urban design sheets and analysis maps from seven provinces. Select a sheet to enlarge it.
Planning work on areas of 2,500 hectares and more
Large-scale planning and research work from 2000 to the present. The largest is the 2.42 million hectare Balıkesir–Çanakkale Provinces Environmental Plan.
100,000 hectares and more9
- 2.422.700haBalıkesir–Çanakkale 1/100,000 regional environmental planMinistry of Environment and Urbanisation2011–2015
- 1.701.100ha1/50,000 provincial environmental plan and 1/25,000 master plan; 1/5,000 and 1/1,000 revisionsKayseri Metropolitan Municipality2015–2022
- 546.100haAnalyses, scenarios and strategies for the 1/100,000 Istanbul Environmental Plan revision and 1/25,000 master planIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality – BİMTAŞ2016–2021
- 350.500haProvince-wide Kocaeli 2025 environmental plan (1/50,000) and 1/25,000 master planKocaeli Metropolitan Municipality2005–2007
- 255.500ha1/5,000 master plans in six planning zonesBursa Metropolitan Municipality2007–2008
- 213.000ha1/50,000 environmental plan and 1/25,000 master planKayseri Metropolitan Municipality2005–2014
- 165.000ha1/25,000 environmental plan prepared in GISSakarya Special Provincial Administration2012–2014
- 111.800ha1/25,000 environmental plan, geological survey, 1/5,000, 1/1,000 and urban designİnegöl Municipality (Bursa)1999–2004
- 108.918ha1/25,000 master plans for 7 zones under the Bursa 2020 planBursa Metropolitan Municipality2005–2007
10,000 – 100,000 hectares4
- 58.900haGebze Planning Zone 1/5,000 and 1/25,000 master plansKocaeli Metropolitan Municipality2007–2008
- 35.663ha1/25,000, 1/5,000 and 1/1,000 plans, base maps, land readjustmentAksaray Municipality2009–2014
- 27.300haUludağ National Park long-term development plan, BursaMinistry of Environment and Urbanisation2007–2009
- 15.000haEnvironmental, master and implementation plans, land readjustment, maps, roadsTemelli Municipality (Ankara)2002–2007
2,500 – 10,000 hectares12
- 6.602haPlan revision, base maps and land readjustmentÇubuk Municipality (Ankara)2010–2015
- 5.000haErciş (Van) 1/5,000 and 1/1,000 plan revision; 500 ha urban designMinistry of Environment and Urbanisation2012–2013
- 4.500ha1/1,000 implementation plan revision and extension, land readjustment, base maps, geological surveyTalas Municipality (Kayseri)2015–2023
- 3.872haMaster and implementation plans, maps, land readjustment, 150 km of road designPursaklar Municipality (Ankara)2008–2011
- 3.800ha1/5,000 master and 1/1,000 implementation plansTokat Municipality2005–2011
- 3.800haMaster and implementation plansTrabzon Municipality2001–2004
- 3.500haPlan revisionMelikgazi Municipality (Kayseri)2014–2024
- 3.500ha1/1,000 implementation plans for village growth areasGebze Municipality (Kocaeli)2011–2012
- 3.000haDevelopment planNevşehir Municipality1999–2004
- 3.000haDevelopment planSerdivan Municipality (Sakarya)2000–2002
- 2.600haDevelopment planErenler Municipality (Sakarya)2000–2002
- 2.500haVan centre, phase 3 extension planMinistry of Environment and Urbanisation2013–2014
Large-scale work without a stated area2
- —Fethiye–Göcek Special Environmental Protection Area coastal plan revisionMinistry of Environment and Urbanisation2021
- —Sapanca Lake basin conservation planSakarya Metropolitan Municipality2008–2010
Urban renewal
- Hatay – AntakyaDisaster-risk area renewal in the Emek and Aksaray districts
- Konya – MeramRenewal master plan over 857 ha; density transfer for a 51 ha area, ground-penetrating radar on archaeological sites; Şükran district project
- Bursa – OsmangaziCity-wide identification and phasing of renewal areas; Soğanlı phase plans and designs
- KayseriSahabiye district and old industrial area renewal; Ahi Evran district, Kocasinan
- AksarayDesign of a 300 ha new small-industry estate and relocation of the old one
- Çorum – OsmancıkDisaster-risk renewal of about 160 ha across nine districts
- Sakarya – HendekDisaster-risk renewal of the Kemaliye district
- Konya MetropolitanField and feasibility studies for the urban renewal master plan
- YozgatProperty valuation reports for urban renewal
Sectoral plans
Tourism
- Uludağ National Park, development zones 1 & 2 (Bursa)
- Erciyes winter sports resort (Kayseri)
- Kartepe winter sports resort (Kocaeli)
- İnciraltı tourism centre (İzmir)
- Kocaeli–Sakarya coastal tourism zone, 1/25,000
- Eyüpnebi faith tourism area (Şanlıurfa); Dikili Adatepe (İzmir)
- DOKAP Eastern Black Sea winter tourism study
Coast & reclamation
- Trabzon coastal reclamation plans
- İzmir port reclamation plan
- Fethiye Bay carrying capacity, management plan and urban design
Industry
- OSTİM and Ankara Textile industrial zones
- Gebze Machinery, İMES and Chemicals OIZs
- Kandıra, İnegöl, Aksaray, Kayseri and Bursa industrial zones
- Ankara Saray and Gebze E5 industrial zones
- Istanbul industry sector study
Technology parks
- Hacettepe University technology park (Ankara)
- Gebze Technology Development Zone (Informatics Valley) zoning plan
- TÜBİTAK campus (Gebze)
- ASO Temelli technology park (Ankara)
Special and social responsibility projects
- Development plans for the Presidential Complex area, Beştepe, Ankara
- First renewal plans for the Grand National Assembly residences (Ankara)
- Serdivan plan after the 1999 earthquake (pro bono)
- Planning and design around the Tomb of Prophet Job, Eyüpnebi (Viranşehir)
- Design around the Prophets' Tombs, Eğil (Diyarbakır)
- Zeytinbağı (Bursa) and Orta (Çankırı) plans; mosque sites in Ankara
National & regional scale · Social responsibility
Strategy reports for countries
Together with the Urban Planning Commission of the Union of Turkic World Engineers and Architects (TDMMB), we prepared national spatial strategy reports for Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on a pro bono basis.
International
From Central Asia to the Gulf
With our partners we deliver master plans, urban design, industrial and logistics areas.
- Türkiye
- Uzbekistan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Kosovo
- Algeria
- Libya
- Tunisia
- Iraq
- Kuwait
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- UAE
- Somalia
- Northern Cyprus
- North Macedonia
Uzbekistan – Central Asia Smart City
A 6,400 ha smart city, free economic zone, logistics and financial hub south of Tashkent; 300,000 residents, about four years of work.
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Uzbekistan – Samarkand
Karasu district master plan: 8,249 ha for 569,700 residents, with design and animation.
Details →
Uzbekistan – Jizzakh
Renewal of about 1,000 ha of partly built-up land, with a new business centre, recreation and retail.
Details →
Uzbekistan – Termez
Surkhandarya regional development report and a 166 ha logistics, industry, trade and housing zone on the Afghan border: master plan, urban design, infrastructure, buildings and feasibility.
Details →
North Macedonia – Skopje
Master plan and strategic vision for the Municipality of Čair: Old Bazaar revitalisation, transport, tourism, the Vardar riverside and urban renewal.
Details →Kuwait – Ports Authority
Smart logistics cities on 188 ha of storage land at Shuwaikh, Doha and Mina Abdullah ports; 2022–2024.
Somalia – Mogadishu
Safe and smart city urban design over about 100 ha.
Team
Planners, architects and surveyors
We work as a multidisciplinary team of city planners, architects, landscape architects, sociologists, a geologist and survey engineers, with academic advisors from universities.
Nadir DoğanChairman
Hasan DoğanGeneral Manager, Planning & Projects
Fatih Burak DoğanConstruction
Mustafa Buğra DoğanForeign trade & law
Abdullah Bilge DoğanFinance
Planning
Ömer Faruk Uyan
- City planner3
- Academic advisor (city planner)3
- Sociologist2
- Architect1
- Geologist1
- Geodesy1
Projects
Aslıhan Köroğlu
- Architect6
- Landscape architect2
- Civil engineer1
Mapping & photogrammetry
Mehmet Ali Ertaş
- Survey engineer3
Clients
Who we work for
- Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
- Housing Development Administration (TOKİ)
- General Directorate of Land Registry
- Istanbul, Kayseri, Bursa, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Konya and Trabzon metropolitan municipalities
- Nearly 70 provincial and district municipalities
- Samarkand and Jizzakh governorates; Kuwait Ports Authority
Registration
Credentials
Planning licence (founder)A (sınırsız)
Chamber of City Planners office registrationNo 706 · 1996
Ankara Chamber of CommerceNo 12884 · 1994
Trade registry number95875
Activity code (NACE)71.11.02
Contact
Talk to us about your project
Head office · Ankara
Yukarı Öveçler Mah. 1238. Cad. No: 9/A
06460 Çankaya / Ankara
Phone & email
+90 312 480 03 00
info@ndimar.com.tr