http://matadortravel.com/blog/7182 en http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/turkey/tamia/thoughts-on-redevelopment-and-modernization-in-istanbul <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>I spent about a year and a half living in the Tarlabasi neighborhood in Istanbul. When my husband-to-be had moved into the area several years before, it was a lively, mostly Romany neighborhood with colorful street life, and a bad reputation. By the time I moved there, it contained a strange mix...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/turkey/tamia/thoughts-on-redevelopment-and-modernization-in-istanbul">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/turkey/tamia/thoughts-on-redevelopment-and-modernization-in-istanbul#comment 41.012379 28.975926 41.012379 28.975926 41.012379 28.975926 Istanbul modernization Other Tarlabasi turkey Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:05:03 -0700 Tamia 80757 at http://matadortravel.com