Scale of destruction in Istanbul forests increasingly visible 20 October 2013 /E. BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ, İSTANBUL One of the few projects that environmentalists say will be the end of İstanbul’s last […]
To the Government and the Citizens of Turkey Across the country, particularly in Istanbul-Taksim, all the citizens are demonstrating their democratic reaction to the police violence pursued by the government […]
Turkey Emek cinema protesters released after clash Four people detained during a protest against the closure of the famous Emek cinema in Istanbul on Sunday have been released pending a […]
Urban sprawl hid and fed terrorism: Turkish PM Economic and social factors such as poverty, unemployment, bad housing and urban sprawl have been important factors that have fed terrorism year […]
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 […]
Feminism or Femen-ism Where ever you live, probably you heard or saw one of the ”topless” demonstrations of Ukrainian-based activist group, FEMEN. This time, they were (for less than 2 […]
Call to International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI) to organize a Zero-Eviction Campaign in Istanbul We, as NGOs, neighbourhood associations, grassroots, urban movements and platforms plus academicians, activists, architects, planners, legal […]
Dear Friends, As you know, we finished making our documentary “Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits” about 6 months ago, and since then we’ve been showing it at festivals both at home […]
THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF KAYISI KENT A4 IS NOW AVAILABLE! The new issue of Kayısı Kent A4 is by Balca Ergener and it consists of five posters and a letter. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
Mashallah News Day on Saturday, 25th of June @ Arka Oda, Kadiköy. I will also be there.
author: Cihan Uzunçarşılı Baysal On the 17th of April, hundreds got together to sound their resistance against the renewal project of Emek Cinema, one of the most important cultural heritage […]
Since the last couple of months, we are waiting to hear about “this wild project” of the prime-minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Istanbul. This is one of the weird urban […]
Im-Permaculture ————————- An unusual approach to Permaculture. Im-permaculture looks at the ‘impermanence’ of life, questioning how we can observe nature’s patterns to develop systems within our surroundings and ourselves […]
cover photo: Ilgin Erarslan Yilmaz Emek Cinema Emek was one of the most important cultural venues of Istanbul, mainly screening independent movies. The cinema is closed for almost two years […]