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Pul biber stockpile: Mercan Bey high-tails it to the Mısır Çarşısı

Posted on August 22, 2012 by lizcameron

As soon as he heard that we were heading out of Istanbul as soon as possible, Mercan Bey went into panic mode.  You may recall that Mercan Bey is a spice trader from the Arabian Peninsula (as I wrote about … Continue reading →

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