"Turning my lens on Istanbul
By RICK STEVES Tribune Media Services
Aug. 26, 2008, 11:07AM
Staring into a TV camera, I say, "Istanbul is one of the world's great cities, period. For thousands of years, this point, where East meets West, has been the crossroads of civilizations. Few places on earth have seen more history than this sprawling metropolis on the Bosphorus.""
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