Architectures of Emergency in Turkey

Challenging existing political analyses of the state of emergency in Turkey, this volume argues that such states are not merely predetermined by policy and legislation but are produced, regulated, distributed and contested through the built environment in both embodied and symbolic ways. Contributors use empirical critical-spatial research carried out in Turkey over the past decade, exploring heritage, displacement and catastrophes. Contributing to the broader literature on the related concepts of exception, risk, crisis and uncertainty, the book discusses the ways in which these phenomena shape and are shaped by the built environment, and provides context-specific empirical substance to it by focusing on contemporary Turkey. In so doing, it offers nuanced insight into the debate around emergency as well as into recent urban-architectural affairs in Turkey.

Review: A vital reader in architectures of emergency in Turkey, the volume covers topics of cultural heritage, urban sprawl and resilient cities in the age of displaced masses. * Ali Cengizkan, TED University, Ankara *
At a time when states of exceptions are increasingly normalised, this incisive book argues that the built environment plays a key role in the politics of emergency. The authors reveal a range of inequalities and injustices underlying the production of space in contemporary Turkey, while also highlighting forms of social resistance that resonate worldwide. * Davide Deriu, University of Westminster, UK *