Gecekondu

Turkish gece (night) and konmak (to be posed), a gecekondu , word for word “  it was posed this nuit  ”, indicates in Turkey a dwelling built without permit building or, by extension, a whole district made up of this type of dwelling, a Bidonville. A significant part of the town of Istanbul would thus have been built without license.

See the special issue of the " European Newspaper off Turkish Studies" devoted to the gecekondu with articles in French, English, Turkish and German:

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