Sultanahmet fighting for its life as local residents jump ship
Sultanahmet Mosque (Photo: Today's Zaman, Sevde Nur Tunç)
October 12, 2014, Sunday/ 07:34:03/ SEVGİ KORKUT/ SEVDE NUR TUNÇ/ / ISTANBUL
In his 1952 book “İstanbul Geceleri” (İstanbul Nights), writer Sâmiha Ayverdi describes İstanbul and the families who live in the city. Interestingly, some lines from his work, though more than half a century old, give a strong signal of the state the old city district of Sultanahmet is headed for today.
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