Yasak Orman / The Forbidden Woods documents Dilruba Balak’s “illegal” visits to Heybeliada’s forests after repeated summer fires and the following restrictions. The work traces the ironic aesthetics of security tapes and boundaries imposed on the landscape—capturing how prohibition reshapes both nature and daily life.
From the book
“…I took the photographs in this book during the summer of 2023, right after the fires, when forest bans began. I couldn’t accept that yet another restriction was added to our lives in the name of ‘security.’ Whenever I could, I became an outlaw wandering among the trees…”
Credits & details
Photographs & text: Dilruba Balak
Print: Risograph
Language: Turkish & English
Size: 20 × 9.5 cm
Pages: 20 pp.
Year: 2025
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