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What I saw as a nice rectangular park with some old monuments in it was actually a Byzantine race track which used to have two levels of seats on the outside and where chariot races used to excite the crowds for more than 1200 years. The chariot teams were really political parties called ‘Greens’ and ‘Blues’ and so it was part politics and part sport for the Byzantine Emperors and chariot fans.

Istanbul, Turkey is a city of neighborhoods and timelessness. It is a place that is [...]

Istanbul is a wonderful city to travel to. It’s so nice for me to be [...]