That noise on the horizon ?

Tarlabaşı is a ramshackle neighborhood in the heart of Istanbul’s European side. It hasn’t always been. Formerly, this cosmopolitan neighborhood -its residents were predominantly Greeks and Armenians – was one of Istanbul’s nicest ones. A dramatic series of events from 1942 to 1974 resulted in almost all of these residents fleeing or being forced to leave. And Tarlabaşı began its uninterrupted slide into pauperization.
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« Nobody can take Tarlabaşı from us »
The construction site of Tarlabaşı 360, an urban renewal project in Istanbul, is enclosed by a corrugated metal fence decorated with numerous graffiti. An disadvantaged and vulnerable population lives in the rundown neighborhood of Tarlabaşı which is very close to Taksim Square and to Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul’s shopping and leisure pedestrian heart. The value of land in Tarlabaşı has significantly appreciated and it is sought after by the Beyoğlu Municipality and real-estate developers. Tarlabaşı 360 aims to transform the area into a neighborhood of up-scale apartments and offices for the middle and upper-middle classes, with hotels, boutiques, restaurants as well as tourist residences. Istanbul, April 2014

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