A 400-year-old Turkish bathhouse goes up for sale. Here's what happens next.
by editors@theworld.org (Durrie Bouscaren) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6Q0KT)
Istanbul is one of those rare, historic cities where you can practically trip over ancient history. A 16th-century-old bathhouse, or hamam, is privately owned and on sale for $2 million. Though the city is full of historic buildings that have been stunningly restored, it's often prohibitively expensive. At what point is cultural heritage worth saving? The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports.