The increasing population in urban areas has increased the importance of public spaces within the city. It can be seen that the public spaces that city users need in daily life cannot be produced in today’s planning practice and the produced public spaces cannot reach the desired solution due to the problems in the design process and the different functions loaded on these spaces. The city center of Kırklareli Province, a small city with a population of 70 thousand people, is similar to the above descriptions at the point of use of public spaces The aim of this study is to examine the public spaces that affect the �uality of urban life in the city center of Kırklareli, to identify the current problems and to create a working base for the future. In the determination of these problems, the criteria made by considering the studies about the characteristics of public spaces, analysis studies and observations were utilized. As a result of the study, it has been determined that the public spaces in the city center of Kırklareli are inade�uate in terms of �uantity and �uality, they are distributed unevenly and fragmented throughout the urban form, and they are not used effectively when considering the existing transportation and land use structure. However, in the sampling areas, evaluations were made using criteria determined for evaluation of public space �uality and the problems encountered in the main topics such as spatial character, perceptual symbol value, design-material use and functional adaptation were investigated. Based on these findings, a number of conclusions have been made regarding the design of public spaces for a more livable urban space.