Reclaiming Istanbul After Gezi Park Protests: Public Forums As A New Form of Participation
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reclaiming istanbul after gezi park protests evrim yılmaz 23/01/2014 reims
Transcript of Reclaiming Istanbul After Gezi Park Protests: Public Forums As A New Form of Participation
reclaiming istanbulafter gezi park protestsevrim yılmaz23/01/2014reims
turkeypopulation: 76 millionsarea: 783.000 km2
istanbulpopulation: 14 millionsarea: 5343 km2
gezi parkpopulation: 0area: 3,8 km2
taksim square
gezi park
taksim square| may 2013
frank and armenian cemetery | 18th century armenian tombstones
halil pasha artillery barracks | 19th century
taksim stadium | 1920’s
prost plan| istanbul | 1939
prost plan| taksim square | 1939
prost plan| gezi park | 1939
gezi park | 1950s
gezi park | 1950s
phases of neo-liberal reconfiguration:
• Liberalization phase
1980’s
• Implemantation of reforms
1990’s • Configuration
of a new market-friendly, coordinating state
2000’s
- change of govermental role ==> organiser to redeveloper- public-private partnerships
• neoliberal government in 1982• privatisation as main tool
• state controlled economy till 1970s• crises economic stability
(temizel, 2007)
“growing power of urban coalition” (türkün, 2011)
“‘managerialism’ towards ‘entrepreneurialism” (harvey, 1989)
adalet ve kalkınma partisijustice and development party
centre-right / social conservative / islamistfounded in 2001came to power in 2002recep tayyip erdoğan (founder) | prime ministerabdullah gül (founder) | president
“every couple should make at least 3 kids!” “do not drink wine, eat grapes. it’s
the same!”
“a woman without headscarf is like an apartment without curtains!”
“there is unemployment because women are working”
“as long as you don’t think, there is no kurdish issue”
“male and female students staying together is not suitable to our culture”
“abortion is murder”
3rd bridge
3rd airport
new istanbul - 1
new istanbul - 2
canal istanbul
i am the onewho loves
istanbul most!
1/1000 scale beyoglu district application plan | 2009
taksim square | january 2012
“neighbourhoods are unitingistanbul is reclaiming “right to the city!””
gezi park | march 2012“taksim square is not a playground” “taksim is ours”
gezi park festival | april 2013
to taksim gezi park festival
we can stop this project / taksim solidarity platform
we won’t give our park!we don’t want barracks or shopping
mall
gezi park| 2012
1st may | taksim square | 1977
1st may | taksim square | 1977
• IMAGES OR VIDEO FROM FIRST DAY
gezi park | may 2013
“capitalism will cut down the tree, if it can’t sell the shadow”
gezi park | may 2013
don’ touch my neighbourhood,my square,my tree,my water,my soil,my house,my seed,my forest,my village,my city,my park!
gezi park | may 2013
“it’s not just about the trees!”
gezi park | june2013
“to taksim commune”
now, we’re in all parks of istanbul!”
“enough is enough!we defend istanbul against the looting of our city
urban movementsnorth forests defending groupinter-forums struggle with urban transformation group”
“don’t touch our homes”“housing is a human right”
from now on, even if we changea bus station,
we will ask citizens!
awareness to urban, social and political issues
sensitivity
understanding “the other”
importance of teamwork
net-working
achieving consensus
“another world is possible”
#occupygezi#brazil#sofia#tbilisi#hamburg#burgos
in the memory of the one we lost during gezi park protests…
