Turkey: Bridging the gap between Asia and Europe
Published On Sun Dec 04 2011
MORTEZA NIKOUBAZL/REUTERS
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By Rick Westhead
Rick Westhead South Asia Bureau
When U.S. oil billionaire Malone Mitchell first walked out of the Istanbul airport, he expected to see a Third World country chockablock with security concerns and whirling dervishes.
“It dawned on me that I knew nothing about the country, only what I had been taught,” Mitchell says.
Instead, Mitchell, 50, discovered a place where he felt safe walking the streets and where he could get his company’s oil rigs fixed by local firms.
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