Istanbul's Transformation under the AKP

Urban Development as Politics of Performance: Istanbul's Transformation under the AKP

In this Rethinking Global Cities event, Sibel Bozdogan outlines the shifting landscape of Istanbul over time as designed by political leaders. Sibel Bozdogan is a Lecturer in Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at Kadir Has University. Bozdogan's interests span cross-cultural histories of modern architecture and urbanism in Europe, America, Mediterranean and the Middle East with a specialization on Turkey.

This events collaborators include Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute, Center for Documentary Studies , Center for European Studies, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Center for International Studies, and John Hope Franklin Center.

The Rethinking Global Cities project is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "Partnership in a Global Age".

For related commentary by Duke Professor Erdag Goknar:
http://islamicommentary.org/2014/12/t...