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Monday, December 27, 2010

Landmark Istanbul hotel threatened by stall on restoratioN

"Landmark Istanbul hotel threatened by stall on restoration

VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The Tokatlıyan Pera Hotel, an Istanbul landmark on İstiklal Avenue, is in urgent need of repair but the building’s owners, the Beyoğlu Üç Horan Armenian Church Foundation, have reportedly refused to permit any refurbishment. ‘The Tokatlıyan is the history of Istanbul. Destroying this building means betraying history,’ says an architectural history expert"

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