"Talking Turkey - Exotic nation bridge between East and West
By: Benjamin Harvey
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Jan and Anita de Bruyne stood outside the Haghia Sophia, a magnificent 6th century building that was once the world’s largest church but is now a museum in a country that is 99 per cent Muslim.
But the Dutch tourists weren’t going inside. ‘‘I’ve seen it too many times,’’ said Anita. Jan said it was his sixth trip to Turkey. The de Bruynes are among some 22 million tourists expected to visit Turkey this year — an increase of 25 per cent over last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism."
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