People walk past clothing stores, exporting goods to Arab and central Asian countries, near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul June 24, 2010. While the West cracks down on commerce with Iran, Turkey's burgeoning breed of small businessmen, the 'Anatolian Tigers', are quietly building a new trade bridge to the Middle East. In these bustling Istanbul sidestreets, Turkish and Iranian traders carry on the age-old Islamic hawala system of money transfer, relying more on trust rather than written records. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 23 months ago

People walk past clothing stores, exporting goods to Arab and central Asian countries, near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul June 24, 2010. While the West cracks down on commerce with Iran, Turkey's burgeoning breed of small businessmen, the 'Anatolian Tigers', are quietly building a new trade bridge to the Middle East. In these bustling Istanbul sidestreets, Turkish and Iranian traders carry on the age-old Islamic hawala system of money transfer, relying more on trust rather than written records.

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