Old haunt of US spies now a playground for Turkish elite
Mansion that once housed the US Consulate in Istanbul is the latest outpost of private club empire Soho House
Istanbul
FOR more than a century, the grand Italianate mansion that serves as an anchor of this city's European quarter was a beehive of American diplomacy and espionage.
Spies toiled within and met their agents at the bar across the street. Reporters dropped by for after-work drinks, and any Turk could walk in off the street to see the latest art exhibition or browse the library. There seemed to be a celebration every night.
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