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We shall not move

Ayazma tennants @ Ayazma tennants

Author(s) of the work: Stefano Collizzolli, Alessio Surian

In March, 2007, under the massive Istanbul Urban Redevelpmet Project, a whole sector of houses in Ayazma nieghborhood were demolished. While landlord were relocated, tennants were left to their destiny.
18 families of Kurdish origin are still standing there, living in tents, to claim their right to an housing.
Social action methodology used by the protagonists:
resistence
Principal themes:
Anti-racism  , Evictions
Key words, tags:
Inhabitants' memory, Turkey, Third Bridge, Kurds, evictions, Istanbul
Turkey