I study the politics and temporality of urban development in the context of anticipated catastrophes, engaging with the scholarly debates on political ecology, urban studies, and citizenship. My dissertation project investigates how small-scale reconstruction projects mediate property relations, future imaginaries, and governance in the shadow of an impending Istanbul earthquake. I am particularly interested in how private construction contracts and property developers (müteahhits) function as political intermediaries in Turkey's urban development regime, and how disaster preparedness policies individualize seismic risk and privatize responsibility among citizens.
Research Interests: urban development, time/temporality, infrastructures, disasters, and citizenship.
