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Apr 2024
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Observations From Istanbul

Victor Menasce
About this episode

I’m currently in Istanbul Turkey for their annual builder expo. This is a massive show with over 10 exhibition halls and they report that more than 52,000 people will attend the expo. I’ll do a separate show later this week specifically on the expo. 

On today’s show I’m sharing my observations about Turkey. I have visited several cities in Turkey over the years including Izmir, Istanbul, Anatolia, Kusadasi, and Effesus.   

It’s been about 5 years since I was here last and maybe 10 years since I spent any considerable time here. The first time I visited Istanbul I was 12 years old. I’ve seen the city grow up so to speak. 

Today, Istanbul is a very modern city. It is also a very populated city with over 15M people. 

I’ll have more to report in the coming days about the builder Expo.

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Host: Victor Menasce

email: podcast@victorjm.com

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