Postcard from Istanbul: how can a terrorist travel so freely across a city?
Stephen Starr
January 5, 2017 Updated: January 5, 2017 10:15 PM
Across Istanbul in the early hours of 2017, a freezing, sleety rain pummelled anyone brave enough to venture out into the streets. Inside and sheltered from the weather that has lashed the city for weeks, thousands of people packed into restaurants and clubs to welcome in the new year, a year they hoped would be better than the previous.
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