According to sociologist Nukhet Sirman of the Bosphorous University in Istanbul, many Turks are only now beginning to discover their Balkan roots.

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But he needs to make the most of the light. 10.42.02 Deha We are now going to Bosphorous for the first shooting of Ten Limited.

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After Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in Britain, their place was taken by philanthropic laymen, and lighthouses began to emerge as far across the continent as the Bosphorous.

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At 0905 in the morning on 10 November, 1938 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, died in Dolmabahce Palace on the shores of the Bosphorous in Istanbul.

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