ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, cilt.19, ss.131-162, 2020 (Diğer Kurumların Hakemli Dergileri)
This paper aims to examine the processes of gentrification from a somewhat different
point of view. It focuses on ‘renovation’ and ‘regeneration projects’, as well as the
gentrification concept with regard to urban policies that have particularly enriched
the holders of capital in the historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul. Gentrification,
happening alongside with renovation and regeneration, reveals significant problems
in the social structure of the city such as displacement, social polarization, social
inequality and damage to the historical environment. This paper contributes to the
expansion of the understanding of gentrification concept with a case study that is
outside the scope of ‘usual suspects’, while theorizing the role of the Turkish state
during urban transformation processes through the everyday struggles and conflicts
that unfold on the ground.