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Tan Morgul, a food expert who has written many books about Istanbul's meyhane culture and now lives in London, is less certain. The taverns, he admitted, have always been a thorn in the side of Turkey's rulers. "Already in the Byzantine era, Istanbul was a city in which many human civilisations came together," he said. "People have always gathered in public spaces like drinking halls or taverns."
But for those in charge, these places have always been controversial. "From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire – the conservative rulers never liked the meyhane," he said. He explained that this was because it was the only place that the government had no influence, where "people came together and shared their problems and ideas." For this reason, there had already been several previous attempts to shut them down, he said.

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