"Medley of Turkish delights
By David C. Weber
As my oldest grandson graduated from USC, he said he wished to visit Troy for his first foreign trip.
Given the richness of Turkish history and religion, and the number of archeological and military sites, I was game. The land is a fabled feast for the traveler. Hence, I read a score of relevant books on ancient and modern Turkey, found in our public library.
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The people we met were charming, handsome and invariably generous of their time and help. Villages are quaint. The major cities are all huge -- at an awesome 16 million people, Istanbul is far larger than all of L.A. County -- and every city and village seemed clean-swept, remarkably free from debris and graffiti."
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