From the BBC:
The Turkish government says it has agreed to suspend redevelopment plans for an Istanbul park until a court ruling, after talks with protesters. The plan to rebuild an old barracks on Gezi Park has sparked Turkey's biggest anti-government protests in decades.
A government spokesman said there would be no attempt to start the project until a court decided whether or not it was legal. If the court backed the government, the project would be put to a popular vote...
The contested park is a rare patch of green in Turkey's biggest city.
I'm sure there was more behind all this than the loss of a precious bit of public green space, but well done, those Turkish protesters all the same.
Friday, 14 June 2013
Sometimes NIMBYs are right (2)
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Yes. Good work. In the end, how else are you going to decide about a *public* green space (not private green space Bayard), than by a popular vote?
An interesting blogpost about Gezi park:
http://justintapp.blogspot.no/2013/05/what-is-gezi-park-why-should-i-care.html
Also on the site, interesting blogpost about "market urbanism". i.e. smart balance between planning and markets in Turkey:
http://justintapp.blogspot.no/2013/05/market-urbanism-in-turkey.html
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