PROMOTING URBAN REHABILITATION WITH THE NEIGHBOURHOOD:FROM VARIED EXPERIENCES TO COMMON SOLUTIONSKazım Karabekir neighbourhood, Sarıyer, Istanbul 16-22 April 2011 Website: workhopsariyer.wordpress.com This seminar and workshop entitled “Promoting Urban Rehabilitation with the Neighbourhood: From Various Experiences to Common Solutions” will take place in Istanbul between 16 and 22 April 2011. It will bring together students, academicians and professionals from various countries (France, Egypt, Turkey), universities and disciplines (urban planning, architecture, sociology, political science, photography…) for a pilot experience of participatory design with the inhabitants of Kazım Karabekir, a neighbourhood located in the district of Sarıyer. It also intends to foster the participation of a large part of the local dwellers by favouring small working groups made of different groups of the population (children,