Author Topic: Istanbul's "Illegal" Towers. (Read 2205 times)

KKOB · « **on:** August 22, 2014, 09:29:23 AM »

The Turkish Council of State has ordered three luxury apartment blocks to be bulldozed amid widespread outrage. But will it have any impact on the country’s unstoppable, and often unlawful, construction boom?

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/aug/21/istanbuls-illegal-towers-to-be-demolished-after-landmark-court-ruling

Rimms · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2014, 09:31:44 AM »

kevin3 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2014, 10:49:18 AM »

I would guess that the owners were not AKP supporters.

Scunner · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2014, 11:12:51 AM »

Not just AKP supporter but a 'friend' of RTE! Good friend he turned out to be.

kevin3 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2014, 15:50:03 PM »

When the last mans head goes under water Erdogan will be standing on his shoulders.

Colwyn · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2014, 15:54:41 PM »

As the photograph shows, the project is a diabolical despoilment of one of the greatest cityscapes in the world.

Scunner · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2014, 17:16:11 PM »

But surely legally built (at the time). Maybe not the correct type of legally perhaps

Colwyn · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2014, 17:27:35 PM »

I don't understand the planning process in the UK, let alone hazard an opinion on what goes on in Turkey.

KKOB · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2014, 18:05:42 PM »

Here's a clue Colwyn.

kevin3 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2014, 18:13:43 PM »

If you present one of those with your planning application it's a shoe-in.