Istanbul Metropolis
Contemporary cutting-edge architecture or effective urban planning is not on the list of things that make Istanbul a fascinating city. A metropolis of more than 12 million people, the city doesn't have financial resources to spare on high-profile projects but basic municipal services. Yet, the ever-expanding population's demand for accommodation and access creates, according to their socio-economic backgrounds, a mix of modern highways that end up in shantytowns and rich, gated communities...
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  • Gazi Osmanpasa, a large Gecekondu Neighborhood on the outer boundary of Istanbul..
  • Cihangir, an innercity neighborhood favoured by expatriates for it's view. The neighborhood was rapidly gentrified and real estate prices have gone up tremendously. On the left is an unfinished hotel structure - construction was forcefully stopped 15 years ago as there was no building permit for the planned hotel; the site has not changed since..
  • Gultepe, a innercity gecekondu neighborhood. .
  • Tarlabasi, a poor inner-city neighborhood. .
  • Levent, Istanbul's fast developing high-rise business zone. .
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  • view over Tarlabasi.
  • Bahcesehir (gardentown), a gated community on Istanbul's outer border. Istanbul's upper classes tend to move out of the inner city to private communities close to the highway linking them to the city.
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  • In Sariyer, an illegal construction of luxury condominiums was stopped over 10 years ago - and the site remained unchanged since. . ; most construction permits are obtained by paying off powerful officials; disputes are frequent, leading to landscapes of construction ruins such as these.
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  • in Beykoz, the valleys are filled with luxurios houses for Istanbul's upper classes. Building private gated cities outside the citycenter for the rich is a booming business in Istanbul.
  • Altinsehir (goldtown), a relatively new poor gecekondu neighborhood on Istabul's outer highway. Buildings are quite rapidly build by new arrivals - and although the constructions are not legal, the city will in due time accept them and bring water, electricity and sewage to the neighborhood.
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  • Kadikoy, on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, is the main point to cross the Bosporus for the workforce in Istanbul; .
  • The arrival point of immigrants to Istanbul: the main bus terminal in Bayrampasa.
  • The neighborhood of Kasimpasa.
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