"Syrians' shopping sprees bring Turkish delight
By Delphine Strauss in Gaziantep
Published: May 12 2010 03:00 | Last updated: May 12 2010 03:00
Every Friday, tour buses pull up outside the Sanko Park shopping mall in Gaziantep, an industrial city near Turkey's southern border with Syria.
Its marble atria lack the warmth of the bazaars in the city's old centre, where women bargain over mounds of dark red chilli paste and garlands of dried vegetables. But these visitors are not looking for atmosphere."
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