"A Businessman’s Enterprise: Cajoling Democracy Into Full Flower
Carolyn Drake for The New York Times
Ishak Alaton started with heating elements in the 1950s, and expanded later into construction and Turkish resorts.
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: February 13, 2009
ISTANBUL
ISHAK ALATON, a prominent member of Turkey’s tiny Jewish community, has a secret to living more intensely: He built his house next to a cemetery."
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