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The Ottoman government orders Istanbul's hashish dens closed

After reports that some coffeehouses in Istanbul secretly served as esrar tekkeleri, rooms where customers smoked hashish, the government ordered them closed and the drugs banned. Later orders and police raids show that the dens went on opening.[1]

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References

  1. Atatürk Dergisi — Kızılkaya and Özkan, Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e İstanbul'da Esrar Tekkeleri (2024)archived

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