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Originally Posted by mitford13
I did find the credit on Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul (Deluxe Edition): Memories and the City, which is $5.99 (and in Great on Kindle)
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I had the credit, too. The book ended up to be 24 cents. It was a tough decision to make
, but I ended up buying it.
My interest lies much more in ancient history, so I have a greater interest in Byzantium, which became Constantinople (which became Istanbul). But, I'll still find the book a very interesting read. Thanks for mentioning it.
I visited Istanbul once, as a part of a larger, group tour package. We began the tour by flying into Istanbul. It so happened that I was sick the first day of the tour, so I missed most of the sites of the City (including the Hagia Sophia!). My strongest memory of Istanbul is of walking down the street from the hotel to a small pharmacy, trying to explain in English to the pharmacist what was wrong with me, while all that he (and the others in the little store, apparently) understood was Turkish.