ISTANBUL — On a hill in Istanbul’s Uskudar district, young men loiter on garbage-filled corners in the Selamsiz neighborhood. One man in a black T-shirt stumbles and falls on another man, who leans on a dilapidated car. The graffiti on the walls a few months ago has now been erased, but it told of a community mired in and fighting the tragedy of the illicit drug trade.
“No to bonsai. From the People of Selamsiz.”