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Article: TURKEY SIZZLER.
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- Europe Intelligence Wire
- Article date:
- May 24, 2009
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(From The Daily Star)
Byline: STUART JAMES
I'M lying on the hot "navel stone" of the Cemberlitas hammam, a 500-year-old Turkish bath in Istanbul.
Staring at the sunlight streaming through small holes in the domed roof feels like being on the inside of a giant salt shaker.
Then the masseur - built like a wrestler - slaps me on the shoulder and barks: "You Spanish?" I'm in no position to argue. Earlier, as I'd entered the marble hot-room, an Israeli fella from our group was screaming like a baby as a masseur walked up and down his spine.
I cross my fingers and hope my man's massage technique is better than his geography.
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