Contemporary processes of urbanisation present major challenges for urban research and
theory as urban areas expand and interweave. In this process, urban forms are constantly …

This introductory symposium article develops a framework for an urban political reading and
a theorization of urban uprisings. We argue that there is a need to foreground the notion of …

A timely and incisive examination of contemporary urban unrest that explains why riots will
continue until citizens are equally treated and politically included In the past few decades …

The implosion of popular struggles against the erosion of economic and democratic rights in
the Middle East has thrown into sharp relief the co-constitutive character of neoliberal …

Urban areas are increasingly recognized as strategic sites to address climate change and
environmental issues. Specific urban projects are marketed as innovative solutions and best …

The era of the AKP—the incumbent regime in Turkey since 2002 under Mr. Tayyip Erdoğan's
leadership—has been marked by the interdependent functioning of authoritarianism …

Scholars have argued that megaprojects' turn away from issues of employment, and mass
housing are among the core traits of neoliberalism. Turkey, though once seen as a paragon …

Turkish energy infrastructures have recently gone through an unprecedented expansion.
The country's energy production capacity more than doubled in a decade; the Turkish …

This article contributes to the literature on the role of the state in land-based accumulation by
presenting an explanatory framework on the case of contemporary Turkey, a case marked …

Twenty-first century Turkey has been shaped by two conflicting trends: all-encompassing
reform in almost all aspects of law that were transformative if not altogether progressive, and …