"My neighborhood wasn’t destroyed in the war. It was destroyed afterwards… Most of my neighborhood was intact. Look Muallak, Buğdaycı, Falancılar, Ali Emiri, Küçükkavas streets were intact. There was no war there."

"Ali Pasha residents were moved to Çölgüzeli… The people we talked to said that they could not adapt to the new social structure and way of life. They said that their doors used to be open in their old houses in Sur and that they lived together with their neighbors but they were alone in their new homes. They said they didn't know the neighbor next door in the apartment building. They said that their neighbors condemned themselves for not being able to adapt to apartment life."

"The house was empty. The dipper dredger started to move closer. I looked and thought there is no choice. I was feeling handcuffed and very weak. I could only pray and nothing else. I thought that was our destiny. Then they came and tried to convince us. There was nothing else to do. I talked with my mother. We decided quickly, we would leave. But we don’t give our blessings. Our life was different there. And it's very different here."

"People resisted until the last day. Construction machines and bulldozers would begin demolishing the columns of the houses while people were at home. People were forced to leave their homes. In this process, the projects for new villas were produced."