legal transformation of the urban frontier
Nowadays, in parallel with the increasing weight of the construction sector in the Turkish economy, a large portion of print and visual ads promote real estate developers’ concept housing, residence […]
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event invitation: ideas city istanbul
New Museum presents IDEAS CITY: Istanbul Sponsored by Audi Urban Future Initiative Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, invites you to IDEAS CITY: Istanbul THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 7–8 PM Keynote Address […]
the authentic dubai experience in istanbul
It is hard to keep the record of real-estate projects in Istanbul. Hundreds of gated communities, high-rise residential towers, office buildings, shopping malls, and multi-use projects are mushrooming all around […]
istanbul dramatized
Turkey’s booming drama production industry and its wide-open global reception is often considered to be the symbol of an emerging ‘soft’ power. Istanbul, the city of many contradictions as in […]
taksim project: the reign of madness in Istanbul
Undoubtedly, one of the most important public spaces in Turkey is the Taksim Square. In the minds and hearts of Istanbulites and anyone who visits the city, Taksim will remain […]
a collage of interviews on Istanbul and the Middle-East @ dAP
DIGITAL ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS POSITIONS 1 a collage from interviews with Yaşar Adanali (Istanbul), George Arbid (Beirut), Rami Daher (Amman) and Wael Samhouri (Damascus) by Marianne Baumgartner, Krunoslav Ivanisin An extract […]
Video: Don’t care where you live!
Yapımcı/Producer: Imre Azem Yönetmen/Director: Nejla Osseiran Kurgu/Editing: Mesut Ulutas Müzik/Music: Ozan Turkyilmaz & Baris yerli Yapım/Production: Kibrit Film Süre/Running time: 8 dk/min Yılı/Year: 2011 Özet/Synopsis: “Nerede yaşarsan yaşa!” Türkiye’de ‘Kentsel […]
…gentrified istiklal street…
Originally published @ Red Thread / Archive / Issue 3 (2011) De-spatialized Space as Neoliberal Utopia: Gentrified İstiklal Street and Commercialized Urban Spaces Yaşar Adnan Adanalı [1] Today İstanbul ranks seventh among world cities in […]
The Guardian: Turkish Roma make way for property developers
Turkish Roma make way for property developers in historic Istanbul district Sulukule ‘urban regeneration’ programme sees new townhouses advertised at 10 times the price paid to evictees Constanze Letsch in Istanbul […]
haydarpasa is on the endangered monuments list
For over a century, the historic Haydarpaşa Railway Station has stood as an iconic image on Istanbul’s skyline and as the symbolic gateway to the city. Built by the German-owned […]
41663…
On 20th of September 2011, 41663 women and children attended to the football match between Fenerbahce and Manisaspor at former’s home stadium, Sükrü Saracoglu, in Kadiköy, Istanbul. Thousands of men, […]
istanbul 2 bridges
You can see the central business district on the European side (below the water) with all the skyscrapers right in the middle of two bridges. On the other side, the […]
dynamics of urban change
The image above provides a framework for multi dimensional analysis to understand the extremely complex systems that we call cities. The image and the article is part of […]
haydarpasa train station
Haydarpasa Train Station is one of the iconic buildings in Istanbul representing the city’s glorified past with a nostalgic flavor. The station enjoys a premium visibility along the Bosphorus, with […]
ecumenopolis wins the human rights award!
Ekümenopolis, the great documentary film about the urban transformation process of Istanbul, wins the Human Rights Award at Sarajevo Film Festival. Congratulations Imre (director) and Gaye (producer)! Ecumenopolis aims for […]
amnesty international call: stop forced evictions in tarlabasi, istanbul!
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: TURKEY URGED TO HALT HEAVY-HANDED EVICTIONS IN ISTANBUL 18 July 2011 The Turkish authorities should halt a series of heavy-handed forced evictions which have already resulted in a […]
istanbul is on fire
On the 25th of June for the Mashallah News Day Event in Istanbul, I made a presentation on the urban transformation process in Istanbul. Mashallah News published the presentation under the title […]
istanbul: city of international meetings
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) published a snapshot from its upcoming report on the country and city rankings 2010. “The ICCA rankings cover meetings organised by international associations […]
megalopolis event, 25/06, arkaoda, kadiköy
Mashallah News Day on Saturday, 25th of June @ Arka Oda, Kadiköy. I will also be there.
istanbul: destination city
“The leading cities of the world are the very nodal hubs that knit the global economy together. Without these global cities, there would be no global economy” states the […]