The first episode of 2026 is a continuation of our Authoritarian Urbanism Series: urbanpolitical.online/102-authorit... We explore the rise of authoritarian urban governance, examining policing, surveillance, and weakened accountability through global case studies and debates on power and scale.

In this episode, you will hear: Ebru Kurt Özman, Alke Jenns, Nitin Bathla and Sven Daniel Wolfe, as well as the host Gareth Fearn.

Focusing on Istanbul, @ebrukurtozman.bsky.social & @tunatasankok.bsky.social shows how entrepreneurial citizenship fuses with authoritarian practices through a mixture and selective use of both informal and formal real estate development practices. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Very proud to say that our special issue with @urbanstudiesjournal.com is now all up online! We address the authoritarian turn in urban governance globally, as neoliberal policies lose legitimacy and require more coercive means of enforcement. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Neoliberal crises and the city: Wrestling with authoritarian neoliberal urbanism(s) - Güldem Özatağan, Gareth Fearn, Ayda Eraydin, 2025

This Special Issue presents ‘authoritarian neoliberal urbanism’ as an empirical marker and a concept that signposts the ascendence of a new constellation in whi...

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"Community politics in urban regeneration under authoritarian entrepreneurial governance" ✍️ @ebrukurtozman.bsky.social @tunatasankok.bsky.social 🔍 What happens when state-led #UrbanRegeneration prioritises market-driven imperatives over the ‘right to the city’? 📖 buff.ly/Zh8AnFg

👩‍🎓 Tomorrow at 10AM, PhD candidate @ebrukurtozman.bsky.social defends the thesis 'Pathways of Entrepreneurial Urban Governance: Spatial Dynamics and Community Politics in Istanbul’s Regeneration'. Supervised by @tunatasankok.bsky.social. 🍀 Good luck, Ebru! 🎥 Watch live: www.uva.nl/en/content/e...