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Tired of Waiting, Turkey May Look to the Orient

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Nov 22, 2008
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It was Kylie Minogue, at a time when Turkey’s schizophrenic cultural heritage bifurcates the country into Asia or Europe and its iconic sea, the Bosphorus, splits the country down the middle between occident and accident, who made me think Turkey and Europe might just about be ready for each other.

There was the pop poppet, well, life-size images of her …

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