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Turkish Delights

David Cameron had always wanted to visit the city of Istanbul, for its glorious monuments and famous exquisite food. So when the Turkish government invited journalists to visit the country shortly before it hosts the inaugural Grand Prix of Turkey, he showed up obediently only to discover that Turkey is the best place to visit but the worst place to be a guest of...

If you're planning on visiting Istanbul for the forthcoming Grand Prix, there is just one piece of information you need to know, to make your visit far better than it would otherwise have been: everything you will be told, will be wrong.

It's not that the Turkish will deliberately lead you astray, will point you consciously in the wrong direction for their own amusement - the Turks are among the most honest, gracious, obliging hosts you could hope to find when visiting a new country for the first time, and they will go miles out of their way to make your stay more comfortable, more pleasing for you.

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