Ghetto Machines: Hip-Hop and Intra‑Urban Borders in Istanbul












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            * Kevin Yildirim
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            Abstrakt

            In this paper, I look at how the Istanbul hip-hop group Tahribad-? ?syan has symbolized th
            of Sulukule, a predominantly Romani neighborhood demolished by municipal powers under the 
            renewal. By examining how the local government enacted this project, and showing how simil

            city management policies instigated widespread social unrest across Turkey in 2013, I set 
            a music video analysis that makes two ultimate claims. First, I propose that hip-hop enabl
            to overcome the debilitating effects of enforced gentrification by recasting Sulukule’s ur

            “ghettocentric” urban landscape. Second, and in dialogue with the work of the Turkish urba
            Ozan Karaman and Tolga Islam, I suggest that Tahribad-? ?syan provides evidence of how mus

            bounded intra-urban identities amid discourses of borderless and open cities.

            Klíčová slova

            Istanbul; hip-hop; urban renewal; urban borders

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