"Two Americans find warmth in Muslim Istanbul
Sunday, February 05, 2006
RACHEL BACHMAN
An announcement crackles through the packed tram, and we follow hundreds of people -- nearly all men -- off the tram and back onto the transit platform.
We crane our necks toward a cluster of people near what looks to be police tape. It is our first day in a Muslim country, and this, we think, is our introduction.
A man speaks to me in Turkish, then nods. I don't understand a word. I turn and ask a man, in English, 'What is it?'"
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