"A disaster waiting to happen - why a huge earthquake near Istanbul seems inevitable
Nervous residents of one of Europe's largest cities face devastation within 30 years
Ian Traynor in Istanbul
Saturday December 9, 2006
The Guardian
From the top of Turkey's tallest building, the panorama over Istanbul is stunning. The huge city sprawls and crawls over a thousand hills and ravines. The Bosphorus, separating Europe from Asia, threads north to the Black Sea. To the south, beyond the domes and minarets of the old city, the turquoise waters of the Sea of Marmara push west towards the Aegean. It's all laid out before you."
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