Whether it’s Cumhuriyet Bayramı or Luftballons, 99 = big fireworks. Just watch the Bosphorus Bridge turn into a shower of fire.
Beats the Brooklyn Bridge shower of water, though NYC Mayor Eric Adams raised a Turkish flag in Manhattan to mark the holiday, claiming: “New York City is the İstanbul of America.” We’d agree if you swap rats with cats and clea…
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