Paul Osterlund

Paul Osterlund is a freelance journalist and writer based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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29 November 2019

Twenty years after the İzmit earthquake killed 17,000 people, is Istanbul prepared for another major earthquake?

Istanbul’s speedy, unchecked development predates the Justice and Development Party (AKP) by decades. But 15 years of the party’s administration has pushed the [...]Read the full article

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