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 […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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