Prized pigeons fetch high prices at famed Turkish auction


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Jan 2017

Resit Guzel, 55, feeds his pigeons on top of a roof in Sanliurfa, Turkey, December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

SANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) - As night-time approaches in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, most of the alleyways of the city's old bazaar are emptying out, except for one.

The bustle of daytime trading has died down, but on this little street, a stream of men carry cardboard boxes filled with pigeons to a cluster of three teahouses.

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