As the city grapples with record congestion, planners face hard choices about funding priorities, timeline delays, and whether ambitious mega-projects can actually be completed.
Residents of Eyüp and Balat speak out about deteriorating conditions as the city's sustainability initiatives fail to address decades of accumulated environmental damage.
With the Kanal Istanbul proposal shelved and two major rail initiatives at pivotal junctures, city planners must navigate competing visions for connecting a sprawling metropolis of 15 million.
Three decades of zoning liberalisation, speculative investment, and infrastructure lag have transformed the city's residential landscape—and left ordinary Istanbulites priced out of their own neighbourhoods.
As Europe tightens borders and North American cities struggle with housing shortages, Istanbul's pragmatic approach to migration and multiculturalism offers lessons that international observers are beginning to study closely.
As enrollment pressures and infrastructure gaps mount across the city's schools and universities, tracing the historical decisions that shaped today's challenges reveals both the ambitions and constraints of Turkish education.
This week's municipal vote greenlit a major infrastructure project targeting the Golden Horn crossing, while tensions simmer over Beyoğlu's rising residential costs.
Decades of industrial pollution and urban sprawl forced the city to confront its ecological reckoning, setting the stage for today's sustainability push.
A decade of grassroots effort by residents transformed one of the city's oldest quarters from overlooked to thriving—and now other districts are asking how they did it.
From economic shifts to quality-of-life factors, here's how Istanbul evolved into a magnet for international newcomers—and what you need to know before making the move.
