"Changing concepts of five-star Istanbul
Thursday, October 20, 2005
[HH] Urban planning in the modern sense really began in earnest in the 1980s with 'Bulldozer Mayor' Bedrettin Dalan who wanted the Golden Horn to be as blue as his eyes and the city to have a green shoreline for everybody to enjoy [HH] The Golden Horn is in a central location with great potential but also with great problems. The first one was the pollution of what was originally an outlet for streams coming down from the Belgrade Forest. Silting and effluent from factories along the streams as well as untreated sewage from houses around the waterway resulted in an almost unbearable stench "
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