The launch of Istanbul Planning Agency started with the speech of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul, where he highlighted local democracy. During the event which had a broad participation, the opening speech was followed by the panel with the attendance of a prominent figure of Turkey’s urbanization literature, Prof. İlhan Tekeli, and world famous theorists; Prof. Saskia Sassen and Prof. Richard Sennett.
Opening speech of IMM Mayor İmamoğlu
The panel moderated by Prof. Tekeli with the participation of Prof. Sassen and Prof. Sennett