Construction, transportation and energy projects are the key drivers of economic growth as well as a central mechanism of rent-generation/distribution in Turkey. They have triggered severe social and environmental consequences including mass displacement of local neighborhoods, destruction of the social fabric, reduced life and ecosystem quality, and increased environmental vulnerability.

In recent years, protests all across Turkey ranging from the now famous Gezi Park to the villages of the Black Sea coast have drawn attention to the dismal side-effects of this trajectory. We aim to contribute to the urban struggles through fleshing out alternatives, thereby paving the way from an anti-government sentiment to a creative and collective imagination of the local in Turkey.