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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Click on the image to see full size The site In Istanbul, a very aggressive urban regeneration process began with a new law (5366) passed in July 2005. Under this […]
Istanbul Living in Voluntary and Involuntary Exclusion (2009) is a publication that brings maps, interviews, articles and case studies together on urban transformation processes and its impact on different social […]
Many Istanbul neighbourhoods have been going through large transformations in recent years, which have lead to demolition of houses and eviction of the people. In some cases residents are being […]