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Article: Prosperous on the Bosphorus: Martyn Leek reports from Istanbul, where hotel companies are starting to take inspiration from the Ottoman Empire as they satisfy the city's rapidly-growing demand for brands.(Insight: The Turkish market)
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- Leisure Report
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- September 1, 2008
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Any country which can claim ownership to the most opulent carpets and baths in the world should be a hoteliers' dream. Turkey's Ottoman emperors were giving luxury a 24 carat gold name with a bearskin finish long before foothallers were installing home cinemas in their basements and 10-car garages next to their swimming pools. In 1843, not content with the stunning Topkapi Palace, Sultan Abdut Mecit commissioned imperial architects to construct a new a palace on the coast of the Bosphorous in the Besiktas area of Istanbul. For the interior he employed a designer of the Paris opera house--not known for its restraint--and the result is still one of the cities biggest visitor ...
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