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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 11: Ramazan Bey shelters 29 cats in his small workshop in Istanbul's back streets, finding refuge from the outside world's chaos in the pages of a book, on Saturday, March 11, 2017. In the back streets of Istanbul, a quiet resistance persists, as Ramazan Bey calms the turmoil of the outside world within the pages of a book and the breath of his cats. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 11: Ramazan Bey shelters 29 cats in his small workshop in Istanbul's back streets, finding refuge from the outside world's chaos in the pages of a book, on Saturday, March 11, 2017. In the back streets of Istanbul, a quiet resistance persists, as Ramazan Bey calms the turmoil of the outside world within the pages of a book and the breath of his cats. (Photo by Mehmet Kılıç/LensOne)

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Taken in the fieldMar 11, 2017, 6:12 PM
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