Days and nights of Istanbul
— By Uday K Chakraborty | Mar 12, 2016 07:21 pm
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“The traffic here is the worst in the world,” uttered my taxi driver. While getting into his taxi outside the metro station, I was careful to point towards the meter. But the driver smiled back saying “Please pay me whatever you feel is correct.” That eventually meant 50 percent more than the metered fare. While driving through the maze of streets inside Kumkapi, he points outside, “Arabs, you see all Arabs have come here”. On reaching our hotel, we found the Kurdish owner of our hotel, along with all the Kurdish people living in that lane, is noisily rejoicing. For the first time the Kurdish party has gained substantial seats in the parliament, making it potentially influential in the Government.
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