"TRAVEL: East meets West
(The Birmingham Post Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Built at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and a key stopping-point on the Silk Road, Istanbul is both sensual and sensational, an unforgettable city where cultures collide and the variety never ends.
The only city in the world built on two continents, it stands on both shores of the Istanbul Bogazi (Bosphorus), where the waters of the Black Sea mingle with those of the Sea of Marmara."
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