No country for low income citizens as low-income housing decreasing in Istanbul… Istanbul news roundup…

Luxury housing construction increasing, low-income housing decreasing in Istanbul There has been a dramatic rise in luxury housing production and stock in Istanbul, but the opposite is the case for lower-income housing due to skyrocketing land prices in the city, according to a new sector report. Rare Arabic-Language Bookstore Gives Istanbul’s Syrian Refugees A Taste Of … Read more

“EU progress report embraces the ‘spirit of Gezi’… A social fabric roundup…

Democratization in Turkey: the end of the First Republic? Turkey is on a journey beyond AKP patriarchy, ?Aleviphobia?, and those social classes opposed to the AKP who have their own totalitarian tendencies, who call for a restoration of the first republic. We have to show that a ?third way? centered on libertarian and democratic politics, … Read more