ISTANBUL´S GENTRIFICATION WARS
Documentary
Produced and written
Directed by Lily Raeder
Berlin, Germany / VICE MEDIA GMBH / 2013
The Gezi uprising that rocked Turkey in June 2013 was sparked by a government project to transform the park in central Istanbul into a gigantic mall. While a relentless police crackdown has led many of last year’s protesters to abandon hope, the problems at the heart of Erdogan’s vision for Turkey’s urban development have not gone away.
Those directly affected by the aggressive development of their neighborhoods are often
left with only one of two options: to despair, or to fight.
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