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Tag Archives: istanbul
demands of #occupygezi movement
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 […]
the contemporary history of istanbul in 6 minutes
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 […]
democracy suspended: urban frontiers of the turkish model
My lecture on the political & urban transformation in the Middle East and limits to the ‘Turkish Model’. This was presented at the Integrated Urbanism Dialogues Conference, Stuttgart, Germany […]
dubaization of istanbul: zeytinburnu seaport
Although İstanbul’s current transformation has been presented as a non-Western miracle of development in the face of the destructive effects of economic crises, it is actually possible to think of this transformation as […]
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 […]
zero eviction campaign in istanbul
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 […]
…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 […]
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, […]
participation and sulukule?
The video shows one of my recent lectures on the theory and practice of participation, presented for an international planning workshop, “Promoting Urban Rehabilitation with the Neighbourhood: From Various Experiences […]
“emek is ours / istanbul is ours’’: reclaiming emek cinema
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 […]
urban sprawl from space
Istanbul from Space TerraSAR-X, the German satellite, released its image of the month, providing a detailed view of Istanbul from over 500 kilometres up. The image clearly shows the urban […]
canal istanbul: can i play with madness?
The long awaited “mad project” of the Prime-Minister Erdogan was finally presented yesterday with a stage show. Couple of weeks ago, he confused the public opinion about the project by […]
“the wild project” for istanbul…
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 […]
reclaiming emek cinema
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 […]
istanbul strategic plan 2010 – 2014
In Turkey, all the local authorities are required by law to prepare their strategic plans for an administration period. These plans, ideally and in theory, are supposed to provide the […]
art vis-a-vis urban renewal
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 […]
rosewater revitalisation project
Rosewater Revitalisation is an urban agriculture / gecekondu upgrading project designed by Padraig McMorrow (of University College Dublin and the University of Stuttgart) for Gülsuyu / Gülensu gecekondu neighborhoods in […]
reading istanbul (work in progress)
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 […]