A child walks in front of a home being demolished in Istanbul's predominantly Roma Sulukule neighbhorhood, located just inside the city's Byzantine walls. Sulukule, a Roma enclave for centuries, is being completely torn down and its residents are being moved to the outskirts of town, some 40 kilometers (26 miles) away. More pictures and an audio feature at Eurasianet. (Photo by Yigal Schleifer)
Istanbul Calling is written by Yigal Schleifer, a freelance journalist who between 2002 and 2010 was based in Istanbul, where he worked as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the Eurasianet website, covering Turkey and the surrounding region. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Ha'aretz, The Jerusalem Report, The Times (London), The Walrus and other publications. Schleifer is currently based in Washington, D.C.
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