"Crucible of Cultures
ISTANBUL -- Babylon, Byzantium, Constantinople: one must employ words with the weight of centuries to write about Turkey. Birthplace of Roman kings, Trojan warriors, Sufi saints and Old Testament prophets, Turkey was home to the Apostles John and Paul in the earliest days of Christianity. Mother Mary is said to have lived and died here, not far from Ephesus, where Paul preached his radical new ideas to the curious masses. Part of the ancient Babylonian empire – including the cave believed to be the home of the prophet Abraham – extended into what is now modern-day Turkey."
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