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Publications

Urban governance of the displaced and emergency rules

Ayşe Çağlar - Journal Article
Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and the City 2026

The counterinsurgent urban governance in postwar Diyarbakır: political securitisation alongside criminal insecurities

Arjin Taş - Journal Article
Justice, Power and Resistance 2026

In: Special Issue on Violence and Urban Transformation in Turkey, edited by Dölek, Ç. & Crane, N. J.

Juggling with urbanization and housing insecurity: Lived experiences from four cities

Catherine Raya Polishchuk, Nana Iashvili co-authored with Christopher Morris and Kubilay Aşar - Newspaper Article
dérive 2026

The Limbo of Post-war Sur: A Strategy of Counterinsurgent Urban Governance

Arjin Taş - Journal Article
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City 2026

On migration, displacement, and urban transformation

Ana Ćuković, Ayşe Çağlar
Borders and Belonging Podcast Series (The CERC in Migration and Integration) 2025

In this episode (season 4, episode 4) of the Borders and Belonging podcast series at the CERC in Migration and Integration, Ayşe Çağlar shares how her experiences growing up in Turkey and living in multiple countries shaped her approach to using migrants as an entry point to explore how societies define themselves, draw boundaries, and […]

Turkey’s government uses disaster for profit

Arjin Taş co authored with S.G. Mart - Newspaper Article
Foreign Policy 2023

Events

‘Risky’ Kaynartepe: A Case of Counterinsurgent Governance Through Urban Regeneration

Arjin Taş - Presenter
Jul 2026 - 15:30 - Vienna, Austria

RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Ineuqalities and the City University of Vienna

Architectures of containment and governance: displacement, extractivism, and city-making (1/2)

Ayşe Çağlar - Convenor
Jul 2026 - 14:00 - Vienna, Austria

co-organized with Paolo Novak RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Ineuqalities and the City University of Vienna

Architectures of containment and governance: displacement, extractivism, and city-making (2/2)

Ayşe Çağlar - Convenor
Jul 2026 - 16:30 - Vienna, Austria

co-organized with Paolo Novak RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Ineuqalities and the City University of Vienna

Securitization of Space and Non-intervention in Crime as Strategies of Counterinsurgent Urban Governance in Turkey

Arjin Taş - Presenter
Jul 2026 - 09:00 - Vienna, Austria

RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Ineuqalities and the City University of Vienna

An Ethnography of Conflicting Values of Urban Regeneration

Catherine Raya Polishchuk - Presenter
Jul 2026 - 14:00 - Vienna, Austria

RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Inequalities and the City University of Vienna

Roundtable on Mutations of Urbanism: Illiberal cities and what to do about them

Ayşe Çağlar - Organizer
Jul 2026 - 09:00 - Vienna, Austria

co-organized with Jeff Maskovsky RC21 Urban and Regional Development Conference: Ineuqalities and the City University of Vienna