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Urban Talks

Urban Talks is a series of talks that allow information, experience sharing and discussion on issues affecting cities and society such as urban space, transportation, environment, culture and arts, development, governance, social inclusion, population movements.

Urban Talks is a series of conversations that enable the sharing of knowledge, experience and debates on issues that affect cities and societies such as urban space, transportation, environment, culture and arts, development, governance, social inclusion, and population movements. Urban Talks, which take place face to face, online or as a podcast, aim to convey the perspectives of different disciplines on urbanization issues.

2016

March: Nurhan Atasoy | Istanbul in the 16th Century Through Matrakçı Nasuh’s Eyes

December: Dücane Cündioğlu | City and Memory; City and Sanctuary

2017

January: Dücane Cündioğlu | Sanctuary Architecture and Symbolic Analysis; Sanctuary Architecture and Symbolic Analysis – II

February: Dücane Cündioğlu | City, Culture and Entertainment; Ibn Khaldun and the City

March: Dücane Cündioğlu | Ibn Khaldun and the City – II; Ibn Khaldun and the City – III

April: Dücane Cündioğlu | İlm-i Medeni (Social Sciences) (Πολιτική επιστήμη); “Insight” as a Cultural Phenomenon

May: Dücane Cündioğlu | Knowledge or Manners? (Etiquette); Extra-Society (Nevabit)

November: Hüsrev Hatemi | City, Poetry, Memory

2018

February: Derviş Zaim | City and Cinema

April: Özlem Altınkaya Genel | Marmara Region in the context of the Regional Urbanization of Istanbul

September: Gil Penalosa | Livable Cities Through the Eyes of Children

November: Giuseppe Strappa | Ancient City as a Text: Interpreting the Transformation of Rome

December: Ruşen Keleş | Management of Local and Regional Communities

2020

April: Seda Özen Bilgili | Outbreaks That Transformed Cities (I); Pinar Erkan | Outbreaks That Transformed Cities (II)

May: Aslı Ceylan Öner | Outbreaks That Transformed Cities (III); Zeynep Günay | Outbreaks That Transformed Cities (IV)

2022

April: Prof. Dr. Suphi Saatçi | The Architect of Marmara, Sinan

July: Dr. Fatih Gündoğan | The Issue of Smart Cities

September: Özlem Ece | Culture and Arts for the City

October: Ece Ceylan Baba, Merin Sever, Selin Arslan, Sinan Logie, Vedat Ozan | The Metropolis in 5 Senses

November: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Koç | Food Policies

2023

February: Burcuhan Şener, Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş, Prof. Dr. Osman Can Ünver, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Erbay | Local Diplomacy

June: Dr. Asu Aksoy, Dr. Ahmet Cihat Kahraman, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahsen Yüksek, Prof. Dr. Tuğba Ölmez Hancı, Dağhan Mehmet Yazıcı, Mesut Önem, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sarı | Discussing the Sea of Marmara

2024

August: Özge Sivrikaya, Dr. Ervin Sezgin | Global Agenda, Local Action

October: Dr. Cem İskender Aydın, Dr. İrem Daloğlu Çetinkaya | Urban Talks: The Role of Metropolises in Fair Transition

October: Dr. Deniz Ay | A City of Its Own

2025

February: Dr. Eda Beyazıt | A City of Its Own - II

February: Prof. Dr. Celal Abdi Güzer, Dr. Ufuk Yeğenoğlu Sezgen | Urban Talks Under the Microscope: Is an Alternative Urban Transformation Possible?

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