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One of the problems that emerged in rapidly growing cities is urban transport. Besides traffic congestion, this problem is a threat to the sustainability of the environment and urban mobility. Due to the incapability of traditional urban transport plans, they started to be replaced by Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP). This study mentions the new emerging planning approach, reveals the theoretical framework of the subject; then, discusses the current situation of urban transport planning in Turkey. The study analyses the objectives of the Istanbul SUMP, the first plan implemented in Turkey, through MAXQDA software in terms of essential features of the SUMP approach. As a result of the study, indications about level of meeting the requirements of the SUMP approach of Istanbul SUMP were obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]