(Çavkanî: Neoliberal Kent Politikaları ve Fener-Balat-Ayvansaray, r. 93, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, www.gapinsaat.com/KDBalat.aspx; erişim Ağustos 2014)
I saw the state of emergency period in the 1990s as a journalist. But I have never seen a period like this before. I am 51 years old and have worked this job for 27 years. My present condition is a zero. I don’t have a house or car. I have nothing.”