Bad Brother
My little sister came to visit for a few days
with her friend but I needed to go flat-hunting so on one of their visit days I
left them alone for a few hours…in a dilapidated building…in Talatpaşa.
Ok, look, it’s not as bad as it sounds.
There was a streetart festival and several of
the buildings in one street were covered in fantastic pieces graffiti.
The gecekondu (slum) area is due to be regenerated (i.e.
demolished and re-built), producing an interesting argument as the government insist that the key reason for regenerating is to provide safer homes which will survive a large earthquake, and that they will provide housing for those who live here.The festival aimed to provide a political message
about the likelihood of the gentrification of the area driving the locals away.
For one day this street was alive with music, dancers, tourists, photographers
and art-lovers.
Still, I made my sister promise not to tell
our parents.
(Photographs courtesy of “mini Carter”, the
arty geek)
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