Fake luxuries supplant tradition in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar
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Cut-price branded perfumes and fake high-end handbags line the ornate alleys of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, with traditional merchants saying the luxury counterfeits are stripping the marketplace of its character. Two aisles down, tea set-seller Gazi Uludag lamented that the Grand Bazaar has "lost its unique character".