Turkey

Gallery 14: Turkey

  1. ALGERIA: Algiers
  2. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Adjamé, Abidjan
  3. BAHRAIN: Manama and Muharraq
  4. CHILE: Santiago, Concepción, and Talcahuano
  5. CONGO: Kinshasa
  6. EGYPT: Cairo
  7. EGYPT: Ghoneim Settlement, Helwan
  8. KENYA: Mombassa and Nairobi
  9. MAURITANIA: Nouakchott
  10. MOROCCO: Fes, Casablanca, and Rabat
  11. PAKISTAN: Lahore and Karachi
  12. POLAND: Gdansk and Lublin
  13. TUNISIA: Tunis
  14. TURKEY: Tarsus, Adana, Mersin, Iskenderun, Istanbul, and Batikent
  15. UNITED STATES: Boston, Massachusetts
  16. VENEZUELA: Caracas

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Tarsus, Adana, Mersin, Iskenderun, Istanbul, and Batikent, Turkey

1980-1987

Photographs of housing developments in Tarsus, Adana, Mersin, Iskenderun, Istanbul, and Batikent, Turkey from the 1980s. 557 images. Curated by Dr. Mona Serageldin. Digitized 2021.

Tarsus: Images of the village of Incirlikuyu, water treatment plant and canal infrastructure in the Kiriksirti region north of Tarsus, and the Barbaros residential neighborhood and prohibition zone in southern Tarsus, 1987. Views of old city architecture, electrical infrastructure, and non-management and management areas. 125 images.
Adana: View of Karaisali Road near canal and urban expansion areas, including images of the district road, police housing, and new housing development units. 46 images.
Mersin: Images of municipal meetings, interiors and view from apartment rooftops in Guneykent neighborhood. Includes detail views of electrical substations, management sites, and construction sites for housing developments. 70 images.
Iskenderun: Images of main road and park by the waterfront, landscape view of expansion project sites, and squatter settlements. Includes views of an expansion project in the neighborhood of Yildirimtepe, residential streets and buildings, management sites, school upgrading project, and settlements near canal. 96 images.
Istanbul: Images of the Golden Horn river and adjacent neighborhoods. Views of city and river views, smokestacks from former industrial zones, mosques, roads and parks along riverfront, residential streets and buildings, remnants of the slaughterhouse, cemeteries, docks, landscape panoramas, construction sites, and three main bridges. Neighborhoods pictured include Balat, Fener, Cibali, Ayvansaray, Eyup, Sutluce, and the European shore. 165 images
Batikent: Includes detailed shots of housing developments, home interiors, residents, panoramas, and land quality overviews. 55 images.

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Tarsus, Turkey

1987

Images of the village of Incirlikuyu, water treatment plant and canal infrastructure in the Kiriksirti region north of Tarsus, and the Barbaros residential neighborhood and prohibition zone in southern Tarsus, 1987. Views of old city architecture, electrical infrastructure, and non-management and management areas. 125 images.

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Adana, Turkey

1987

View of Karaisali Road near canal and urban expansion areas, including images of the district road, police housing, and new housing development units. 46 images.

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Mersin, Turkey

1987

Photographs of Mersin, Turkey from around 1987. Images of municipal meetings, interiors and view from apartment rooftops in Guneykent neighborhood. Includes detail views of electrical substations, management sites, and construction sites for housing developments. 70 images.

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Iskenderun, Turkey

1987

Photographs of Iskenderun, Turkey from approx. 1987. Images of main road and park by the waterfront, landscape view of expansion project sites, and squatter settlements. Includes views of an expansion project in the neighborhood of Yildirimtepe, residential streets and buildings, management sites, school upgrading project, and settlements near canal. 96 images.

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Istanbul, Turkey

1980

Photographs of Istanbul, Turkey, approx. 1980. Images of the Golden Horn river and adjacent neighborhoods. Views of city and river views, smokestacks from former industrial zones, mosques, roads and parks along riverfront, residential streets and buildings, remnants of the slaughterhouse, cemeteries, docks, landscape panoramas, construction sites, and three main bridges. Neighborhoods pictured include Balat, Fener, Cibali, Ayvansaray, Eyup, Sutluce, and the European shore. 165 images

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Batikent, Turkey

1987

Photographs of housing development site in Batikent Turkey from September 1987. Includes detailed shots of housing developments, home interiors, residents, panoramas, and land quality overviews. 55 images.

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