Travel: Istanbul, Turkey
by David Robinson
Something happens to taxi drivers in Istanbul, around 6 o’clock in the morning. The roads are clear, all of them, even the narrow lanes leading up to Sultanahmet Square. In the city centre, cleaners are getting the trams ready for the day, and the first of the day’s ferries, all lit up and all but empty, is crossing the Bosphorus from Asia.
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