All current historical renovation-restoration efforts account to the reinvention of a neo-Ottoman eclectic style," said Edhem Eldem, history professor at Boğaziçi University. ...»

News coverage related to environment and urbanization projects in Turkey rose by 10 percent in 2012 to roughly 57,000 articles, according to a report by Interpress. ...»

The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning approved a decision to fill the coastline in Istanbul’s Yenikapı district with land and transform it into a meeting ...»

The urban transformation started with the demolition of a symbolic building in Istanbul, Esenler district with an opening ceremony with the attendance of Prime Minister Erdoğan. ...»

The Fatih Municipal Council approved a new preliminary project to “transform” the historical Roma district of Sulukule in Istanbul despite a court ruling to annul the ...»

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) issued a press release on the Disaster Law and Building Inspection Draft Bill: “All laws that ...»

A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and professional chambers filed a formal complaint against the Fatih Municipality in Istanbul on the grounds they had forged false ...»

An Istanbul court passed a landmark verdict to annul the demolition of the city’s historical Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray districts as part of the government’s “urban transformation” scheme. Critics ...»

Fatih Mayor Mustafa Demir said he was certain the Council of State would not ratify the recent court decision to annul the project to “transform” Istanbul’s ...»

A court ruled to annul the preliminary project to demolish Istanbul’s historical Sulukule district inhabited mainly by the Roma community and to replace it with new ...»

Residents in the Dikmen Valley and members of the Council on the Right to Shelter, a local activist group, poured out onto the streets in Ankara ...»

Neighborhood associations, non-governmental organizations and trade associations issued a joint declaration against the disaster law. ...»

Eyüp residents gathered in front of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality building and asked for their land titles. Municipality officers had to make a meeting with them. ...»

The buildings of tenants living in Süleymaniye would be demolished within the scope of urban transformation on April 17, Tuesday morning without any prior notice. When ...»

There was a great shock for the people living in Süleymaniye, İstanbul on Tuesday, April 17th morning of the demolition preparations in Süleymaniye within the scope ...»