Transformation urbaine par la loi « désastre » et réactions habitantes à Tozkoparan et Sarıgöl (Istanbul)

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the government imposes a new urban order to transform Istanbul into an international, attractive and competitive city. The disaster law, which becomes the main tool of the urban transformation, through the motif of prevention of disaster risks, accelerates and intensifies interventions on the entire territory of Istanbul. These changes cause the growth of local mobilizations and protest movements in the neighborhoods and the city. The actors opposed to renovation projects claim a “right to the city”, which is expressed mainly by the desire to participate in the urban redevelopment process. The article analyzes the process of urban transformation and the reactions of citizens using the example of the neighborhoods of Tozkoparan and Sarıgöl. The people of these two districts with different physical and social aspects, devoid of a culture of mobilization, come to develop resistance strategies and collective actions, the most effective are those which instrument the right.

Keywords

• Istanbul
• Disaster Law
• Urban Renewal
• Segregation
• Collective Mobilization.