Champaign man's store specializes in hard-to-find foods

CHAMPAIGN – When Rafet Yaman came to the United States 10 years ago, he was discouraged by his job prospects.

Yaman, who was 25 at the time, had been working for the stock market in Istanbul, Turkey. But when he came to America, "I had no job; I had no cars; I didn't know anybody."

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