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Dec 01, 2022
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Not all heroes wear capes, but some wear takkes. Meet Kaldırım Man, aka Syrian refugee Osama Shafie, who walks around Diyarbakır with hand tools and fixes “nails, screws and other stuff protruding from pavements.” A friend of toes. The man of heel.

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