Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present analyses the representation of rural migration to Istanbul in literature, placing Henri Lefebvre's concept of the right to the city at the centre of the argument. Using a framework of critical urban theory, the book examines Orhan Kemal's Gurbet Kuslari [The Homesick Birds] (1962); Muzaffer Izgu's Halo Dayi ve Iki OEkuz [Uncle Halo and Two Oxen] (1973); Latife Tekin's Berci Kristin Coep Masallari [Berji Kristin: Tales From the Garbage Hills] (1984); Metin Kacan's Agir Roman [Heavy Roman(i)] (1990); Ayhan Gecgin's...