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The Romanis were removed from Sulukule neighborhood during an "urban transformation" project that was initiated in 2006.

Around 200 property owners in İstanbul's Kirazlıtepe neighborhood do not agree to urban transformation projects despite pressure from authorities.

Ali Öz, a photographer who, for two years, has been capturing images of Tarlabaşı, a district of İstanbul that has been suffering a “destruction/annulment” process due to gentrification, will have a selection of his works presented in the exhibition “Tarlabaşı: A defiled İstanbul district” in Vienna.

Turkey’s Council of State rejected a motion submitted by Fatih District Municipality on the cancellation of a suspension order for Sulukule urban renewal project. The municipality’s new project also became subjected to prosecution.

A group of college students, artists, local residents and activists protested a session in Istanbul's 13th Biennial yesterday, saying that certain organization funders supported Istanbul's controversial urban renewal projects.

Ber family, residents of Istanbul's controversial urban renewal district Tarlabaşı, try to survive in their homes despite municipalities' water access restriction.