IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative
There is nothing quite like Tophane: A Case Study of Gentrification in Istanbul
2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellow Defne Kadıoğlu Polat’s report “‘There is nothing quite like Tophane’: A Case Study of Gentrification in Istanbul” was launched on December 19, 2016 at IPC with the participation of Ayşe Öncü, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, as a discussant.
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat was born in 1984 in Germany to Turkish parents. She graduated from the University of Düsseldorf's Social Sciences Department and obtained her Master's degree from the University of Essex in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights.
defnekadioglu@gmail.com