European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Debates its by Alan Cowell new York times n the streets of Wiir bul. How a Skyline stitched with minarets a Vilor might buy silk mrs and Gold baubles or. Al lower Price the Wisdom of ii Hawker s bathroom senior Inid out Vilh some Pride on the sidewalk or a . Of  and a Wash of tic hands or a Vendor s cooked mussels and sliced Lemon or Clun the dance of a Gypsy s trained boar. In streets where cars incl people compete for predominance a visitor might see palaces and great mosques by the Waters Hal Divide Europe and Asia and in other places wooden mansions Hal time and neglect have condemned to tilted decay Wilhm a sprawled and Lang fed cily Ilia once commanded empires and cloaked flinch intrigue hero Are stirrings and debates Whoso outcomes will Mold Istanbul s self perceptions or decades Here said mayor Sadreddin Dalian the world s Limo zones would allow a Sharp operator to Trade on thu new York and Tokyo Stock in roofs on the same Clay for Istanbul is seven hours equidistant from the the two not Long before the 21 St a Colury Tho mayor , Istanbul will acquire the appearance of a modern cily whose traditional Beauty and magic will not be detracted from " to Lay Parks along the shores of the Golden Horn. Iho Waloway Hal Luns Liko a wound Lom the bosporus to the heart a Iho cily the mayor a -17 year old Engineer ordered the demolition of 6.000 buildings by disown count the Parks flourished. So did the resentments among those who sought to recall an older Istanbul. They said the mayor had destroyed historic buildings along Wilh crumbled warehouses and Lerry build workshops he acknowledges Only he destruction of one or two old places beyond repair. In the Early 1950s, said one member of an old and wealthy Olloman dynasty there were Parks and elegance and trams for Public transport and not Loo Many cars there were Graceful places and a sense of style among an elite not used to Commerce which was left largely to greek armenian and jewish minorities. Such views and i Host of the mayor might appear to conflict but they seem a response to the same phenomenon. In the 1950s. Istanbul s population was variously estimated Al 600,000 to one million some of in made up of non turkish minorities. Today in is Between is million and seven million largely composed of turks from Anatolia the bulk of the nation which lies across Iho bosporus in Asia. Tho turks captured Istanbul in 1453," said Fuh Gul Dymir a turkish journalist bul it s Only recently Hal it has become a really turkish cily " that Dalian said has had ill costs within the City he said there Are 600,000 cars and trucks and the factoids produce hundreds More each Day Lar More Liun Hie strained highways can Lake. The Peninsula Besl known to visitors for Tho Blue s civil Llev Gus schist. The european and asian sections of Istanbul one of the great historic cities of the world have bean linked since 1973 by the bosporus Bridge among the world s longest 3,514 feet suspension Bridges. Mosque and the grand Bazaar has a resident population of 90.000. He said but each Day nearly 25 million people wedge Inlo the place to work. The cily to said needs 4,500 Miles of new roads. Hundreds of thousands of iranian fugitives from the islamic revolt Iron have also poured into Istanbul clogging the consulate doorways of the United Stales and Ofner nations in search of visas and Ligh Hng out feuds that led last year to what a Western Diplomat called very professional assassinations of men who had been in the secret police under Shah Mohammed re a Pahlavi the main problem Lor Lala bul As a whole Dalian said is the population increase which he said could be resolved Only by government incentives Lor people to seek their fortunes elsewhere so Lar this year he mayor said. The municipality has spent Tho equivalent of $13 million on the preservation of ancient Siles. At the same time to noted he planned the construction of 50,000 Small factories or workshops on the outskirts of the City. One million people will go Oul to die new places he said giving a Strong impression thai they would nol saturday june 6, 1987 have Loo Many options other changes Are afoot. Opposite Iho Blue mosque for i Slanco is a place called the pudding shop a restaurant and Garden and meeting place where in the 1970s a Youthful traveler might have negotiated a ride to Afghanistan or Nepal the pudding shop 1hcy used to say marked Tho Start of the hippie Trail thai led Many Young americans and europeans East. These Days the pudding shop resembles More a