taksim square project
One of the many election promises of the Prime-Minister Erdogan is the rearrangement of Istanbul’s most important public square, Taksim. According to his recent presentation, the PM is planning to...
View Articledemands 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...
View ArticleAn urbanist’s guide to Istanbul: ‘We live in a giant construction site’
Reclaim Istanbul was at the Guardian’s Blogger of the Week section recently. You can see the text and video below: Yasar Adanali lives in Istanbul’s historical Beyoğlu District I live in the...
View ArticleUrban Political Ecology On The Road – RELOADED (Summer School in Istanbul)
Would you like to be a part of a critical urban discussion this summer in Istanbul, one that is both theoretically challenging and intensively embedded in field experience? Our times depend on the...
View ArticleThe Housing Question and Beyond
Interview with Yaşar Adnan Adanalı by Lucia Wright On the role of “experts”, participation, housing, public space and democracy… Tell us what is the turning point in your life which directed your...
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