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Turkey's soaring economy squeezes out its urban poor

Turkey's booming economy is squeezing out its urban poor.

A bulldozer destroys a house in the neighborhood of Sulukule, in Istanbul on May 13, 2008. Like Sulukule, the neighborhood of Tarlabasi is also slated for urban renewal.

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