"Istanbul mayor offers Marty some Turkish delight
By Laura Gottesdiener
Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas was all set to meet with Mayor Bloomberg and the secretary general of the UN on Tuesday — but his first stop was in Brooklyn.
Sure, our boro was never the seat of the Byzantine Empire, but Brooklyn is undoubtedly the Turkish capital of the United States, with more than 60,000 Turks living here, said Borough President Markowitz, who hosted Hizzoner and other sons and daughters of Ataturk."
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