A 400-year-old Turkish bathhouse goes up for sale. Here’s what happens next.

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.

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