'An era of multiple disasters': How concrete and construction caused Istanbul to flood

“An era of multiple disasters': How concrete and construction caused Istanbul to flood”

Gulshah Aktan feels lucky to be alive after flood waters trapped her in a bus for four and a half hours. Grey water swirled around her legs before locals in the Ayazaga district of northern Istanbul were able to pull her and other passengers to safety. “We thought we were going to die,” Ms Aktan, 28, told The National . She and her aunt Dilek survived, but the family’s electrical goods repair shop was not so lucky. Dirty brown floodwaters soaked the entire shop, ruining 40 computers, and other…