Architect in Exile

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 3 June 2019)


                           The coffee break that never ends.

Landscape architect Azat Yalçın began working for the Fatih
municipality in Istanbul in 2013 and he has been fired and
returned to work 8 times with court decisions in that period.

In the latest turn of events, Yalçin returned to work but this
time as the lone worker assigned to a municipal living center
that has been evacuated because it is in danger of collapsing. (!)
So Yalçın sits in a chair at a table in the otherwise vacant
building attending to his 'duties', although the toilet facilities
and fire equipment have been removed from the facility.


                         Exiled to a dead living center.

To ensure that Yalçın is 'on the job', a security guard has been
posted at the building's entrance and a camera has been trained
on the table where he sits.  From time to time municipal officials
drop by to see whether or not Yalçın is 'working' and make a
record of their findings. (!)


                                Fatih district of Istanbul.