Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric | Reuters

Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric

Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:03am EDT

By Ayla Jean Yackley

ISTANBUL, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Business is brisk at Ilya Avramoglu's 78-year-old shop, one of the last owned by a non-Muslim on Istanbul's historic Istiklal avenue, but a new regulation pushing gentrification may soon force its closure.

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