AGORAPHOBIA – Investigating Turkey’s Urban Transformation [Documentary]

Seven months later, a wave of resistance spread through the country that was triggered by the transformation of Istanbul’s Gezi Park into a shopping mall.

It is no coincidence that the unrest started with a police crackdown of protests against urban transformation: urban issues form a major component of the protestors’ demands and urban transformation has fuelled widespread discontent with public authorities.

CREDITS

Director … Imre Azem
Second camera … Hande Zerkin
Sound … Gaye Günay
Editor … Mesut Ulutaş
Music … Ozan Türkyilmaz
Producer … Merve Bedir
Associate producer … Chris Luth

Participants

• Bart Vink, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Hague
• Endry van Velzen, De Nijl Architecten, Rotterdam
• José Chong, UN-Habitat, Nairobi
• Cagatay Keskinok, Ankara

A project by Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam

Collaborators

• Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
• Bursa branch of the Chamber of Architects
• The Building Information Centre (YEM), Istanbul

In the framework of Cultural Exchange Turkey – The Netherlands

With the support of

• Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DDFA)
• Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Istanbul