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ISTANBUL, TURKEY- MAY 14: A young woman wearing a black traditional roma dress shares out sweets for the guests at a wedding party in the district Tarlabasi on May 14, 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey. Tarlabasõ is a neighbourhood in the Beyoglu district stretching from Taksim Square and Talimhane in the north to Tepebasõ in the south. It is bordered on the east side by the four-lane Tarlabasõ Caddesi and by Dolapdere Caddesi on the west. Historically, Tarlabasõ 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)