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Conservative Muslim City Reminded Me of America in 1950s, Early 1960s
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Conservative Muslim City Reminded Me of America in 1950s, Early 1960s

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On my seventh day in Turkey, I contracted a bad case of Sultan’s Revenge, or the Turkey trots. The next day, my son and wife contracted it. This was the third attack my wife experienced in five weeks, so we had to venture downtown in search of Cipro.

Weather was a perfect 70 degrees as Lucia, Alex and I waited for the bus near our apartment to venture to…

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