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Pınar Öztürk

Housing crisis deepens for students in Turkey

Housing crisis deepens for students in Turkey

The economic crisis has exacerbated housing challenges for students, driving up prices amid government reluctance to provide adequate housing solutions.

26 August 2024 Pınar Öztürk

Increase in housing prices hit a new record-high in Turkey in December

Increase in housing prices hit a new record-high in Turkey in December

The prices of new houses increased by 66.6 percent when compared to last December, according to the Central Bank. The prices of the houses that were not new also saw a 57.7-percent annual increase in December 2021.

16 February 2022

Some neighborhoods in Turkey see a 200-percent rent increase, show reports

Some neighborhoods in Turkey see a 200-percent rent increase, show reports

While the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced the rent increase rate as 19.60 percent, house owners do not recognize this rate as rents have seen a 200-percent increase in some neighborhoods, causing fears for a housing crisis in cities.

27 January 2022

İYİ Party’s Akşener: 35 percent of dorms belong to foundations, associations

İYİ Party’s Akşener: 35 percent of dorms belong to foundations, associations

“Even the number of private dormitories manifests how the government forces our students to stay in the dorms of some associations and foundations,” says opposition İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener.

19 January 2022

University students protest security guards’ violence

HOUSING PROTESTS AT İTÜ

University students protest security guards’ violence

The students of İstanbul Technical University have protested the private security guards who intervened against the students keeping a watch at their campus to protest the lack of vacancies in dormitories: “We are insistent on our demands.”

22 October 2021

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Students walk along İstanbul’s İstiklal Avenue in blankets to protest housing problem

Unable to find a place to stay due to lack of vacancies in dorms and high housing prices, students have walked along the İstiklal Avenue in Taksim in blankets.

Erdoğan targets students, again: ‘Terrorist types’

Erdoğan targets students, again: ‘Terrorist types’

President Erdoğan has once again denied the problems about dormitories and housing in Turkey, saying that "they cannot leave the universities to “terror-like” students.

Opposition’s Parliamentary inquiry into housing problem rejected by AKP, MHP

Opposition’s Parliamentary inquiry into housing problem rejected by AKP, MHP

The Parliamentary inquiry submitted by the main opposition CHP and HDP has been rejected by the ruling AKP and MHP MPs. AKP Spokesperson Çelik has argued that “they have taken revolutionary steps” about the issue of dormitories.

Housing is not a fundamental right in Turkey anymore, but has become a luxury

WORLD HABITAT DAY

Housing is not a fundamental right in Turkey anymore, but has become a luxury

Turkey is the country which has seen the highest increase in housing prices and rents in Europe over the past year. While the rate of those living in rented houses is gradually increasing, people allocate the biggest share of their income to housing.

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

DORMITORY PROBLEMS

‘We cannot live’: Koç University students protest for housing rights

Lale from the Koç University Solidarity has spoken to bianet about the dormitory problem at the campus and their requests for solving the problem.

29 September 2021 Dilek Şen

Tents of Romani people removed in İzmir: 'We suffer from this for 30 years'

Tents of Romani people removed in İzmir: 'We suffer from this for 30 years'

Around 60 tents of Romani people were removed by municipality teams in Alaçatı neighborhood in İzmir. “We have been living in Çeşme for 30 years, we have been suffering from this for 30 years,” they have protested.

The Demolition in Süleymaniye Postponed a Month

URBAN TRANSFORMATION

The Demolition in Süleymaniye Postponed a Month

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 this news was reflected in the press, the families were given one more month for evacuation.

Demolition in Süleymaniye with Announcement

URBAN TRANSFORMATION

Demolition in Süleymaniye with Announcement

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 of urban transformation without any prior notice. Süleymaniye residents asked for an extra period of time, at least until the schools are closed.

18 April 2012 Nilay Vardar