"Ship traffic, waterfront accidents surge on Bosporus
Thursday, July 28, 2005
By Chip Cummins, The Wall Street Journal
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Omer Isvan was having dinner with business associates in May when he got a frantic phone call. A cargo ship as long as a football field had just veered off course in the Bosporus and rammed into his waterfront villa.
'The dinner party thought I was joking when I said, 'Excuse me, I have a ship in my bedroom and I have to get it out,' ' said Mr. Isvan, a hotel consultant."
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