I have never felt as alienated to a man’s body as in the oil wrestling arena.

Realising how little he knew about the rural fringes of his city, Istanbul artist Serkan Taycan began mapping outlying areas – until he had created a 60 kilometres long walking route.

For years, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar disappointed me. I wanted to time-travel to the bazaar that Italian novelist Edmondo De Amicis described in 1877.

My father-in-law, Kemal Seven, was taken on October 28 at 5 am in a house raid. All across Istanbul 193 people were arrested: teachers, students, tea servers, visitors — it didn’t matter. They were accused of working for the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), the urban wing of the PKK.

What I love brings together the recent works of 10 young Turkish artists, ranging from sculptures to videos, as well as 3-D site-specific works.

“We will destroy half of Istanbul’s buildings,” said Erdoğan about the semi-legal housing that has mushroomed within central neighbourhoods of Istanbul in the last 30-40 years: Gültepe, Sulukule, Dolapdere, Tarlabaşı, and Kurtuluş to mention a few.

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