Gentrification hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren zu einem schillernden Begriff der
Stadtforschung und stadtpolitischen Debatten entwickelt. Kaum eine Großstadt, in der …

During the recent refugee crisis and following the common statement-agreement between
the European Union and Turkey (18 March 2016), more than half a million refugees have …

In German newspapers, the term 'gentrification'was explained for years as a foreign-
language technical term with the addition 'sociologists call the process…'. Now long …

Gentrification has become a key concept in recent years for describing current urban
development trends (not only in Berlin). The background is a changed geography of …

In Violent Intimacies, Aslı Zengin traces how trans people in Turkey creatively negotiate and
resist everyday cisheteronormative violence. Drawing on the history and ethnography of the …

How do marginalized communities speak back to power when they are excluded from
political processes and socially denigrated? In what ways do they use music to sound out …

This paper aims to examine the processes of gentrification from a somewhat different point
of view. It focuses on 'renovation'and 'regeneration projects', as well as the gentrification …

In this article, I follow two urban experts, a Turkish construction site manager and a Kurdish
foreman, working in Taksim 360, one of Istanbul's first state-led urban transformation …

This paper examines how the controversial demolition of Sulukule, a Romani (Gypsy)
neighborhood in Istanbul, instigated connections between transnational Romani rights and …

Government and real estate sector is utilizing “disaster risk discourse” as an ideological tool
to legitimize the ongoing rush for urban redevelopment in Turkey. This article aims to explain …