Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ottoman mission

"Ottoman mission

By Delphine Strauss

Published: November 24 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 24 2009 02:00

In one of Istanbul's artier quarters, a second-hand bookshop sells leaves torn from an old school atlas that depict the dominions of the Ottoman empire, all neatly labelled in a flowing script few Turks are now able to read."

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