1) Shanty town in Western Asia 
Gecekondu (plural gecekondular) is a Turkish word meaning a house put up quickly without proper permissions, a squatter`s house, and by extension, a shanty or shack. Gecekondu bölgesi is a neighborhood made of those gecekondular. ==Etymology== In Turkish, gece means `at night` and kondu means `placed` (from the verb konmak, `to settle` or ...