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ISTANBUL, TURKEY- MAY 18: A woman cleans with a handscrubber a carpet on the pavement und close draped clothesline on May 18, 2006 in the district Tarlabasi in Istanbul, Turkey. Tarlabasi is a neighbourhood in the Beyoglu district stretching from Taksim Square and Talimhane in the north to Tepebasi in the south. It is bordered on the east side by the four-lane Tarlabas Caddesi and by Dolapdere Caddesi on the west. Historically, Tarlabasi was home to a large Greek population. In the 1990s, large numbers of Kurdish immigrants from eastern Turkey moved into Tarlabasõ mixing in with the local Roma population. More recently, it has become the home to many migrants from neighbouring countries and Africa. The Turkish metropolis on the Bosphorus, in the past capital various empires, like the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empire, is designated by the European Union as The European Capital of Culture for a period of 2010 during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)