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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nalan Yırtmaç Please, Move Towards the Back 24 Mar – 16 Apr 2011 “Please, Move Towards the Back” is Nalan Yırtmaç’s second solo show in her career and first solo […]
This is an ever expanding bibliography on Istanbul available in English. It does not claim to be “the” reading list for Istanbul. It covers wide range of urban issues from […]
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 […]