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Why we didn’t apply for the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award?

PRESS RELEASE FROM SULUKULE STUDIO :
Why we didn’t apply for the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award?
THOSE WHO CAUSE FORCED EVICTIONS SHOULD NOT GIVE URBAN AWARDS!
As the Sulukule Studio, we didn’t apply for the Urban Age Award, both due to Deutsche Bank’s role in the mortgage crisis, which triggered the current global crisis, and also [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2009 under Foreclosure, Right to the City, Uncategorized, Urgent calls and petitions, movements, Germany, Turkey, evictions & demolitions, transactions & privatisations. Tags: , , , , , . Comments: None

Finding continuous temporary spatial manoeuvres

The Recent Demolishment In Sulukule
Fatih Municipality continues to destroy Sulukule neighborhoods in the last two days.The district is under state-led, forced transformation since the last few years. The cafe (kahve) of the neihgborhood, which have been serving as a meeting place for the solidarity activities was transformed into a children workshop place  few months ago. [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2009 under Turkey, evictions & demolitions. Tags: , . Comments: None