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Istanbul Airport: high human cost for the "jewel" of Erdogan

Estimated 200 workers died on the construction site, although for Ankara they are "only" 27

The new "largest airport in the world" in Turkey that was inaugurated yesterday by Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be named "Istanbul", and will become the third largest airport in the city on the Bosphorus going -at the moment- to work beside the "Ataturk" and "Sabiha Gokcen", located in the Asian side. A sumptuous opening ceremony was carried out on the same day in which the country was celebrated 95 years...

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