Saturday, July 24, 2010

All Turk and all play

"All Turk and all play
We don’t need New York City, proclaims Istanbul. The ancient city continues to transform into a forward-thinking fashion hot spot, though modesty is encouraged.

We don’t need New York City, proclaims Istanbul. The ancient city continues to transform into a forward-thinking fashion hot spot, though modesty is encouraged.

Sarah Nicole Prickett, Weekend Post · Friday, Jul. 23, 2010

Crazy, maybe, to trust the taxi drivers in strange half-eastern lands. Crazier still to trust government tourism inducements saying that “everyone” is coming to the dream city formerly known as Constantinople. But then Bairuq the cabbie says, mid-careen through some byzantine byway, that tourism is up by half this summer. And sure. Why not?"

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