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Social Cleansing in Istanbul: Residents of Stigmatised Neighbourhood Fight to Stay in Their Homes
An impending earthquake is being used as a pretext to demolish Küçük Armutlu, a stigmatised Istanbul neighbourhood that is home to religious minorities, dissidents, leftists and banned militant groups. But residents aren't giving up without a fight.