ISTANBUL – As I look at an array of cigarette butts – 4,213 to be precise – pinned under a glass display and arranged according to the years 1976 to 1984, I feel a flicker of curiosity.
What kind of person collects discarded cigarette butts that had grazed the lips of his dear beloved and takes note of the way she had stubbed out each stick?
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