Urban Designer - Vernacular Architect - Maritime Planner - Owner-Builder - Servant of Piglet - Educator - Author - Revolutionary - Peacenik - Tour Guide

Tony Watkins

~ Vernacular Design

Istanbul 1996

Executive Committee meeting

Seeing women and children being beaten up by police with batons in Istanbul was a new experience for my students. The police simply blocked off both ends of a street where a peaceful protest was being held and they were unconcerned about those who had intended to do a little innocent shopping.