Arat: Istanbul bid to host the 2020 Olympic is about building bridges
PARIS: Istanbul winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games would help bridge the gap between different cultures and religions, the bid's chief executive Hasan Arat told AFP.
Arat, a former top level basketball player turned successful businessman, is the frontman for what is Istanbul's strongest bid yet of the five times they have tried to host the quadrennial sporting extravaganza.
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