What is the main setting in the novel, Gardens of Water?

Gardens of Water is set in Gölcük, a suburb outside of Istanbul on the Marmara Sea on the Armlutu Peninsula in the year 1999. In the opening pages of the book, the Basioglu and Roberts families live in the same apartment building in Gölcük. The Roberts live in the unit above Sinan and his family and the narrator mentions the paper-thin walls that the families can hear each other through. After the earthquake destroys the apartment building, both families end up living in tents in the American relief camp. The families have even less privacy in this setting and the close quarters and prying eyes of neighbors are the source of a lot of conflicts that arise in the book.