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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Trade flow between Turkey and Syria dries up - FT.com

"Trade flow between Turkey and Syria dries up

By Abigail Fielding-Smith in Antakya and Funja Guler in Ankara

Rows of empty tables stretch across restaurants in Antakya, the capital of the Turkish province of Hatay which juts southward into neighbouring Syria.

“I don’t know how long it will last,” says Mehmet Deveci, the owner of a mountainside restaurant on the outskirts of the city which would normally be bustling with Syrian tourists at this time of year. “God knows.” "

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