Mekanda Adalet Derneği

Founded in 2016, Mekanda Adalet Derneği is a non-profit association based in Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey working on community development, housing & homelessness, environment & climate +3 more.

Mekanda Adalet Derneği (MAD) is an association founded in Istanbul in June 2016 that works on spatial justice in urban and rural areas. It conducts interdisciplinary research, publishes research-based content such as documentaries, video news, data visualisations and thematic publications, and supports local communities, activists and civil society actors on issues including urban transformation, housing, environmental injustice, legal cases and energy poverty. Its methods include walking-based fieldwork, participatory and counter-mapping, legal case monitoring, education through summer schools and archive work. Its activities focus mainly on Istanbul, İzmir and İzmit, with work also linked to Düzce and other places. The association runs the beyond.istanbul journal and publishes reports on housing cooperatives, industry and environment, and energy poverty.