From Madrid to Istanbul: Occupying Public Space
Istanbul’s first squat is more than an experiment: it is a counter-hegemonic intervention that challenges the neoliberal dogma of growth at all costs. In “Occupy the Squares, Squat the Buildings”, a...
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Squatters in Istanbul reclaim their ‘right to the city’ and fight for social justice in a city where big business sets the urban development agenda. Another construction site in Istanbul. Prime...
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On the Trails of Don Kişot – Our Field Research in Istanbul By the changing shape of the Istanbul skyline, the rapid growth of production within the city since the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) rose...
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