Journalist Gülşen İşeri and Erdoğan Yıldız, the Director of the Gülsuyu Gülensu Beautification Committee between 2004 and 2008, were the guests of the fourth Friday talks.
Gülşen İşeri, a journalist for 6 years, has worked in BirGün newspaper for many years. Currently her interviews are published in various newspapers and magazines. İşeri shared her experiences with neighborhood locals about her first book Metropolis Outcasts, in which she writes about her observations of neighborhoods in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir that are affected by “Urban Renewal”.
Erdoğan Yıldız participated in the foundation of İstanbul Neighborhood Organizations Platform between the years of 2004 and 2009. He talked about the different stages he has gone through in Gülsuyu Gülensu, the effects of urban renewal on the neighborhood and gave future advice about support structures.
