"Istanbul's Lush Life
by Joan Juliet Buck | Published May 2009
Night moves: With the Bosphorus Bridge in the background, the area around the Ortaköy Mosque, built in 1854 for Sultan Abdul Mecit, is now party central.
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It's modern and Muslim, European and Asian, cutting-edge and conservative—and though at least two millennia old, thrillingly hip. Joan Juliet Buck succumbs to Istanbul's potent persuasions"
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