Saturday, 22 September 2007

Two Faces of Smyrna

I dream of Smyrna: A beautiful Greek house shimmers in the midday sun like a mirage. From the Konak district.

I have nightmares about Smyrna: One of the run-down favelas that surround Smyrna's hinterland. Such ugly buildings are a by-product of internal migration from the villages, layers of them surround every large city in Turkey.

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