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Word: ayasofia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Istanbul's mosque-capped hills were ablaze with light for a three-day and three-night celebration last week. Chains of brightly colored bulbs stretched from minaret to minaret of the treasured Mosques of Ayasofia, Suleiman the Magnificent, Mohammed the Conqueror. Below, in the four-mile stretch of the Golden Horn the Turkish fleet lay at anchor, with ship searchlights playing nightly over the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Atat | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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