"A little less sex in Istanbul
By Fazile Zahir
FETHIYE, Turkey - Istanbul may be about to enter a less salacious chapter of its history as infamous brothels in the Karakoy area are to be knocked down to make way for a children's park. Reports in several daily papers told not just the news that the Beyoglu area was being rezoned and remapped but seemed to take great delight in alluding to all the non-Muslim activity taking place around the brothels."
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