lulay isn't interested in that right now. she's a natural optimist but today is putting a dent in that. she runs a shop in the asian market nearby the risen isn't going well after a few hours a customer buy something she ordered from china. since the start of the economic crisis and the collapse of the turkish lira everything's changed. so. i used to have customers lining up to get in and lines at the cash register people would hurry to pay they'd get here early to be 1st in the door those were the days now days hours can go by without a customer sounds an issue. cool. lulay still has a boat from the days when business was booming element but perhaps she's been in istanbul long enough to have acquired some of the city's melancholy its memory of better days. the chinese who come to the city today are brimming with optimism their vision of the future extends well past istanbul and into the heart of europe. they're not interested in souvenirs they're planning a high speed rail corridor through the balkans that will help open the