The current renewal area consists of the area located where the upper walls start (Ayvansaray and Mürselpaşa streets) to Haliç, which comprises 59 city blocks, 909 parcels and the neighboring areas. This is a 79,345 meter square area in gross. The project’s primary goal is to ensure the area’s physical structure be renewed and its social structural capacity be increased. At the same time, the project aims to improve the present usage and enrich the lives on the coastal regions through the new usage. It is also intended that the residential character in the Fener-Balat area be supported and enriched through touristic functions. Despite its central location in the city, the region has been left outside due to its introverted character; increasing the potential of the region is among the goals of the project. The projects involves various architectural approaches such as restoration, restitution, and creating new projects, and projects that supports combined usage.
It was not easy to switch to another job. Yet Pelek feels lucky when she looks at the condition of her friends: “I was doing journalism with love and passion, But I am not sure whether I have warmed up to this new job as much. I entered Istanbul University’s Communication Faculty in 1996. Starting from my second year, I started to work as a correspondent for Milliyet newspaper. I worked as the correspondent at the state security court. Then I worked at other places. Then I went back to Milliyet. After the elections of June 2015, there was collective layoff at Milliyet in September 2015. They said to us that our names came from above. But we don’t know where “above” is.”