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pamuk şeker. cotton candy/zuckerwatte.

sold by a street vendor at the coastline.

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 2012.

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bmxci. bmx rider/bmx fahrer.

greek bmx rider alex alexandridis in front of a new statue of alexander the great on the renewed coastline of thessaloniki.

while his first outdoor training session in 2012.

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 2012.

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bmxci. bmx rider/bmx fahrer.

greek bmx rider alex alexandridis in front of a statue of alexander the great on the renewed coastline of thessaloniki.

while his first outdoor training session in 2012.

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 2012.

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fix hellas. yunan bira markası. greek beer brand/griechische biermarke.

ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ

başar demek. means success/bedeutet erfolg.

got the joke...?

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 2012.

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sokak satıcısı. street vendor/straßenverkäufer.

thessaloniki, like istanbul, accomodates many africa-rooted street vendors that sell watches and self-knit wrist-bands.

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 2012.

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taptaze ekmek. fresh bread/frisches brot.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000).

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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taptaze ekmek. fresh bread/frisches brot.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000).

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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gülümseyen fırın yardımcısı. smiling bakery worker/lächelnder bäckersjunge.

nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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ekmek hamuru. bread dough/brotteig.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000).

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırın. bakery/bäckerei.

nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırın. bakery/bäckerei.

local bakery in istanbul's balat neighbourhood. bread (ekmek) is one of turkey's staple foods. its price ranges between 50 kuruş to one lira ($0.3/0.6). due to low average incomes many consumers are sensitive to price changes, so are politicians.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000). nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

the bread is mostly delievered and consumed in fatih and aksaray. the former is known to be one of the more religious neighbourhoods, the latter to be inhabited by illegal immigrants from african countries, prostitutes from eastern europe or workers from turkey's 'turkic brother states'.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırın. bakery/bäckeri.

local bakery in istanbul's balat neighbourhood. bread (ekmek) is one of turkey's staple foods. its price ranges between 50 kuruş to one lira ($0.3/0.6). due to low average incomes many consumers are sensitive to price changes, so are politicians.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000). nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

the bread is mostly delievered and consumed in fatih and aksaray. the former is known to be one of the more religious neighbourhoods, the latter to be inhabited by illegal immigrants from african countries, prostitutes from eastern europe or workers from turkey's 'turkic brother states'.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırıncı. baker/bäcker. üç çocuklu. three children/drei kinder.

local bakery in istanbul's balat neighbourhood. bread (ekmek) is one of turkey's staple foods. its price ranges between 50 kuruş to one lira ($0.3/0.6). due to low average incomes many consumers are sensitive to price changes, so are politicians.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000). nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

the bread is mostly delievered and consumed in fatih and aksaray. the former is known to be one of the more religious neighbourhoods, the latter to be inhabited by illegal immigrants from african countries, prostitutes from eastern europe or workers from turkey's 'turkic brother states'.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırıncı. baker/bäcker. üç çocuklu. three children/drei kinder.

local bakery in istanbul's balat neighbourhood. bread (ekmek) is one of turkey's staple foods. its price ranges between 50 kuruş to one lira ($0.3/0.6). due to low average incomes many consumers are sensitive to price changes, so are politicians.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000). nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

the bread is mostly delievered and consumed in fatih and aksaray. the former is known to be one of the more religious neighbourhoods, the latter to be inhabited by illegal immigrants from african countries, prostitutes from eastern europe or workers from turkey's 'turkic brother states'.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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fırıncı. baker/bäcker. üç çocuklu. three children/drei kinder.

local bakery in istanbul's balat neighbourhood. bread (ekmek) is one of turkey's staple foods. its price ranges between 50 kuruş to one lira ($0.3/0.6). due to low average incomes many consumers are sensitive to price changes, so are politicians.

this bakery produces approximately 5,000 pieces per day, working 24/7 and generating a monthly turnover of around 75.000 TL ($42.000). nightshifts can last up to 14 hours. cigarettes and çay help to endure. generally most of the workers don't have insurance, weekends are a very rare thing, holidays don't exist.

the bread is mostly delievered and consumed in fatih and aksaray. the former is known to be one of the more religious neighbourhoods, the latter to be inhabited by illegal immigrants from african countries, prostitutes from eastern europe or workers from turkey's 'turkic brother states'.

Location: Fatih/Balat, Istanbul, Feb 2012.

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martılar. seagulls/möwen.

captured by a tourist with his iphone aboat one of the ferries commuting daily between istanbul's asian and european shores.

Location: Bosphorus, Istanbul, Feb 2012

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haliç ve fatih'in silüeti, batışı. golden horn and silhouette of fatih, sunset/goldenes horn und silhouette von fatih, sonnenuntergang.

Location: Golden Horn, Istanbul, Feb 2012.