“Cultural Politics of Urban Green Spaces: The Production and Reorganization of Istanbul’s Parks and Gardens.” Destructive planning decisions that… Read more Dissertation Abstract
Author: basakdurgun
A short piece on Roma Bostan published in both English and Turkish!
YAY! It’s always been my goal to have my work appear in its original (English) and native (Turkish) forms. I… Read more A short piece on Roma Bostan published in both English and Turkish!
Productive Landscapes as Decorative Landscapes
Speaking of amplifying the best: what decorative landscapes should be like. Decorative and productive… A see of jasmine with mint,… Read more Productive Landscapes as Decorative Landscapes
A yard, a nursery, an apartment building
Some choose to focus on the worst about this city, I have a thing for amplifying the best, though. Like… Read more A yard, a nursery, an apartment building

Şehrin Doğası: Tarihsel ve Güncel Tartışmalar Işığında İstanbul’da Toprak, Yeşil ve Su – May 4-6
This past weekend, I spent 3 days at Boğaziçi University at the Şehrin Doğası: Tarihsel ve Güncel Tartışmalar Işığında İstanbul’da Toprak,… Read more Şehrin Doğası: Tarihsel ve Güncel Tartışmalar Işığında İstanbul’da Toprak, Yeşil ve Su – May 4-6

Video chatting the field
On Saturday, my friends at Dürtük, the food collective I worked with last year, brought me to their visit and… Read more Video chatting the field

A sunny December day in Yedikule and Piyalepasa

Visit to Yedikule Gardens with Ccfd-Terre Solidaire
Today, we walked a section of the Yedikule gardens and spoke with the president of Yedikule gardeners’ association with a… Read more Visit to Yedikule Gardens with Ccfd-Terre Solidaire

Walking on the bosphorus waterfront, Üsküdar
Took a walk on the Anatolian waterfront of the bosphorus strait on an early fall weekend. We started in Üsküdar… Read more Walking on the bosphorus waterfront, Üsküdar

Transformation of visual landscape post-coup
I didn’t take photos of every time I came across a version of a nationalist declaration of defeating the coup… Read more Transformation of visual landscape post-coup