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Istanbul and Aegean coast: Seascapes and history | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Istanbul and Aegean coast: Seascapes and history
Greco-Roman Splendor

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISTANBUL — The sea of Marmara shimmered to my right, a pod of dolphins played improbably in the ferry-and tankers-choked Bosporus strait, and minarets pierced my jet-lag fog on my first Istanbul evening.

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