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Not Only Helpless but also Hopeless: Changing Dynamics of Urban Poverty in Turkey, the Case of Sultanbeyli, Istanbul

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Pages 1353-1370 | Received 01 Sep 2006, Accepted 01 May 2007, Published online: 03 Dec 2008

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