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Friday, August 12, 2011

Turkey: Eviction Fears Grow in Working-Class Istanbul Neighborhood | EurasiaNet.org

"Turkey: Eviction Fears Grow in Working-Class Istanbul Neighborhood
August 12, 2011 - 6:13am, by Jonathan Lewis and Constanze Letsch

The June 12 election triumph of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party not only signaled a political change. It also heralded the start of evictions within the central, working-class Istanbul neighborhood of Tarlabaşı to make way for an ambitious municipal government project to beautify the city. "

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