MELİS ALPHAN

We are not making restorations, we are making constructions MELİS ALPHAN

We are not making restorations, we are making constructions

We live with thousands of years of history. It comes out the more we dig. And whatever surfaces, it necessitates the rewriting of history.

August 24 2014
How can we fight against droughts MELİS ALPHAN

How can we fight against droughts?

Istanbul, with its population reaching 14,160,467 at the end of 2013, making the city a “mega city,” being roughly three times larger than Ankara, 6.5 times more populated than Antalya and 187 times more populated than Bayburt.

August 22 2014
Ideals are for better tomorrows MELİS ALPHAN

Ideals are for better tomorrows

We complain day in day out about the condition of our cities. Where do we do this complaining? We do it on Twitter, on Facebook, in the car, in the restaurant, at the dinner table.

August 17 2014
Life is heavier on some people MELİS ALPHAN

Life is heavier on some people

It is a general principle in the media, suicide stories are underestimated so that these stories do not look encouraging.

August 15 2014
The traffic problem will not be solved with this mentality MELİS ALPHAN

The traffic problem will not be solved with this mentality

Our cities are planned according to cars. Whenever there is work on the pavement or roads, the justification is always to ease the traffic

August 08 2014
‘We are a nation that crushes its own culture’ MELİS ALPHAN

‘We are a nation that crushes its own culture’

Switzerland has watches; Belgium chocolates; Germany has its non-breakable machines; Italy has its cuisine, fashion and furniture…

July 27 2014
Why insist on nuclear power over olives MELİS ALPHAN

Why insist on nuclear power over olives?

'In the event that olive growing activities and other investment fields overlap, other investments and natural resources should be evaluated in terms of whether or not the olive grove is less beneficial than other possible activities'

July 25 2014
A country where everyone is an artist yet uninformed of art MELİS ALPHAN

A country where everyone is an artist yet uninformed of art

Do we conserve old artefacts because of their esthetic beauty or because they constitute historical documents?

July 20 2014
To be able to laugh MELİS ALPHAN

To be able to laugh

Even if we know that the best way to deal with issues is to make fun of them, it is difficult to adapt this to our own lives

July 11 2014