East-West/West-East
June 27th 2009 My heart skipped a beat when I saw it: a real Turkish kuruyemiş (dry foods) store, straight out of Istanbul. Chickpeas, nuts, dried apricots, as far as the eye could see. The boy behind the counter even called me “abi”. And then I noticed the Turkish bakery next door, and the berber salonu (barber shop) and the ocakbaşı (grill-restaurant) across the street. Up and down Oranienstrasse,
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