Mış Gibi Site

"I had a good and bad shanty there." "It was very beautiful there. I wish we had not come. We did not come here by our own will. We were deceived by the municipality, we were deceived very well." "They saw the lodgings, they thought they were free. The washers came, the washers came. 'Oh my! It has a water heater and warm water. Come on, let's go!' "We demolished it with our own hands, but the municipality did not demolish it. We were glad we came, we came gladly." The urban transformation program, symbolized by the abbreviation of Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ), has been covering Turkey's cities for several years; It changes and transforms the poor places. The book in your hand tells such an experience, the story of the transformation of a slum into a mass housing site. Really, this is a life story: the story of a life changing completely and the shocks this brings. On the one hand, the longing for the lost values and habits of slum life, and on the other hand, the continuation of slum habits in mass housing… The change in the neighborhood style… The effects of social aid policy… The rapid loss of the hoped-for and initially attractive comfort and the financial difficulties encountered… The feeling of “we were deceived”… The loss of “being from the city” and the "as if" of "ruled life"... A work that analyzes neoliberal urban transformation with the liveliness of a novel.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 325

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2016

Language Turkish