The people’s efforts were fruitful and the court ordered the cancellation of the project in June 2012. Despite the annulment, the Council of Ministers ordered urgent expropriation for Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray. The FEBAYDER didn’t give up on the case and it was ruled that the execution of the project be suspended in May 2013, and in September, the Council of State annulled the expropriation order. The case concluded with the İstanbul 1st Administrative Court cancelling the Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray conservation development plan that included the Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray renewal project. The Balat residents took a deep breath in the face of the destruction threat, however, what the urban transformation couldn’t achieve would be achieved through social transformation.
When you try to give space on page to a piece of news worthy of its value, there are other dynamics interfering. It starts to contradict with the values you believe in and to which you were working accordingly. And you become unable to work. For this reason, I didn’t even apply to a job after Milliyet. In alternative media on the other hand, economic problems make employment impossible.