American Istanbullu

A focus on urbanism and cities, particularly the sprawling beauty formerly known as Constantinople. Also meanderings into Islam, media, technology, and sustainability, with occasional musings on sports, anecdotes and personal tidbits.

5.18.2014

Street Fighting Sultan: Erdogan's Troubled, Troubling Visit to Soma

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, is a natural born fighter; in Turkish his surname means “a soldier is born,” or "brave ...
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4.02.2014

This Week in Tayyip: Erdogan Woos, Weds Lady Love

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So begins a new weekly series covering the man who has run the Republic of Turkey for nearly a dozen years -- Kasimpasa-born, Rize-raised, E...
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3.31.2014

Turkey's Roller Coaster Voting Day May Mark Onset of Political Winter

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Sunday morning -- the day of highly anticipated local elections in Turkey -- brought blue skies and sunshine in Istanbul. Voters turned out...
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11.25.2013

Tearing Down Istanbul: excerpt from my feature for Next City

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On a gray October Sunday in Istanbul, two policemen handcuff a young man along Tarlabasi Boulevard, bundle him into their minivan and spee...
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11.11.2013

Gezi Just the Beginning

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While researching my soon-to-be-published story on Istanbul and the global building boom, I came across three nuggets of research that int...
11.06.2013

How Istanbul Found Its Melancholia: A Short Urban History

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Unfortunately, our generation did not carry the valuable heritage that it inherited into the future. It may seem slightly extreme, but it w...
10.18.2013

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Master Urban Planner

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Turkey’s long-serving prime minister has described his third term as that of an “usta,” or master, borrowing the term from the celebrated ...
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David Lepeska
is a freelance journalist and editor who has contributed to The New York Times, Economist, Financial Times, Atlantic, Monocle and Columbia Journalism Review, among others.
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