The art installations seek to draw birds back to Kabatas neighborhood of Istanbul. (Xinhua Photo)

ISTANBUL, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish artist is trying to woo birds back to downtown Istanbul by creating some 120 colorful wooden nests for them on two connected walls.

The installations in a business center in Kabatas neighborhood of Istanbul are works of artist Nermin Er as part of an art project launched by Kahve Dunyasi, one of Turkey's leading coffee and chocolate producers.

"As part of unplanned urbanization projects, we destroyed the birds' nests by cutting trees and building mass housing sites instead," Er was quoted as saying in a press release.

She said by her art creations, she is seeking to offer a retreat to birds who were dwellers here and remind people that they are not the only ones.

"Now the passersby, in hustle and bustle of their everyday lives, enjoy the sounds of the birds in this forest made up of concrete buildings," said the artist.

A young woman on her way to work was "very much surprised" to see the nests, saying "it is amazing to see that the boring empty gray walls of these ugly buildings have now been transformed into colorful bird nests hosting hundreds of birds."

Several workshops on topics like bird drawings and public space projects have been planned till March, 2018.