How beautiful is Panama. 2017
Nehrin kıyısındaki evlerinde mutluydular. Ama bir sabah yola koyulup Panama'yı aradılar. Hayallerinin ülkesini. Sonunda, aradıklarını buldular! Güzel evler icin söz vermişlerdi. Bu alandan para kazanıp cikmak icin soz vermişlerdi ve asla bu amacla cikamadilar. Gece ve gündüz yeni evler insa etmeye devam ediyorlar. uykusuz geceler,o zamanlar gercekten güzeldi, yemyeşil agaclar gibi, biz 50 yıldır cocuklarimizla burada yaşıyoruz.
Fikirtepe istanbulun özel bir lokasyonu degil, istanbulun normal standartlarında bir lokasyon. burada insanlar tarihlerini kaybetmeye basladı. Ayni sokaklarda yürüyemiyorlar. hersey değişti. Agac olmayan, sokaklarında cocuk,genc ve yaslı olmadan. Onlar cocukluklarinin gectigi zamana ve mekana dönmek istiyorlar.
Beyaz yakalılar icin bu yeni yapılanma çok daha yaratici olabilir. orada yasamaya devam eden insanlarla insanlarla konusmaya kayboluslarimi konusmaya ihtiyacimiz var.
"They promised us beautiful houses, they promised us money to get out of this area, we never get the money. Still they construct the new houses - day and night. Sleepless nights. Once, yes it was beautiful, really beautiful, fruit trees. We played here as kids, i'm living here since 50 years"
Fikirtepe is not special, its a normal situation for Istanbul. People loosing their history, they are not walking at the same streets anymore. Everything changed. There is no tree, no space for childs, young and old people. Childhood moments and the wish to come back to the place where they born is destroyed.
It's more than creating a new building for white collar. We need to talk about the people who still live there and loosing their environment.

Old Fikitepe. 1980


I talked to some women they are living since 40 years in Fikirtepe. "Once Fikirtepe was beautiful, green and a lot of people moved here. They promised us 5 years ago, they will give us a new house, and now we can't sleep anymore. They work till night. I'm just a housewive, but my husband and my child they go to school. They destryed everything, they dont give us peace.

Old house, Destroyed.

Trash.

Destroyed.

Destroyed.

Fikirtepe is full of old fruit trees. They are getting cutted for the new buildings.


Destroyed.


Bakkal, Small Shop

Sali Pazaar, Market.

Panama.
The entry of a residence. Cold feeling and no kids are playing anymore on street.