Enter Burak, exit Ionnia

A Nickels Arcade closing

by Sally Mitani

posted 8/27/2011

Ionnia, the small gift shop in Nickels Arcade specializing in high quality Turkish gift items--ceramics, glass, wooden boxes, and jewelry--is closing for the happiest of reasons. Owner Ilkim Erturk had a baby and wants to spend time with him. In July, Ilkim's husband was answering the phone and presiding over the 30 percent off closing sale. His name? Totally irrelevant, he insisted, but his new son's name is Burak.

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