By Octavio Lopez Raygoza Posted January 11, 2011 1:16 pm
A year after being deported to France, a family pulls itself together.
By Brooke Minters and Nina Goodby, Posted December 26, 2009 1:58 am
Friends since spending their childhood summers in Turkey, Murat and Pelin reunited as adults and married. Their happy life in the Mission was short lived when Murat was deported for overstaying his visa.
By Lydia Chávez Posted November 21, 2009 2:11 pm
I felt like nothing in jail, he said. But it was a good experience to know.
By Nina Goodby and Brooke Minters, Posted November 12, 2009 4:27 pm
Murat Celebi-Ariner will be deported today on a one-way ticket purchased by his wife.
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By Nina Goodby and Brooke Minters, Posted November 11, 2009 4:21 pm
Next stop Paris.
By Nina Goodby and Brooke Minters, Posted November 8, 2009 12:23 am
The Amuse Bouche vendor blended in easily among the Mission's world of hip street food carts. But Celebi-Ariner's impending deportation is a story many Mission residents know all too well.
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By Sandra Salmans, Posted November 8, 2009 12:11 am
In our Sunday Fiction series, Lisa goes to Iceland. "The towels were so rough, I mistook them for loofah sponges."
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By Nina Goodby and Brooke Minters, Posted November 2, 2009 7:17 am
Mission Loc@l visits Celebi-Arnier at Yuba County Jail.
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