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The man who has lived in the airport for 31 years
Bayram Tepeli, 56, has turned the Istanbul airport into his home
The French anthropologist Marc Augé defined airports as the non-place par excellence. In other words, a space lacking those emotional characteristics that make us feel at home. The French intellectual explained it as follows: the moment a passenger shows his identity card at check-in, he is recognized and disappears as a person: he is a traveller in a fast-paced world, not even a pilgrim anymore.However...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency