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Article: Beijing Olympic torch relay to be held succesfully in Istanbul
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Beijing Olympic torch relay to be held succesfully in Istanbul
ISTANBUL, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming Beijing Olympic torch
relay will be held successfully in the Turkish largest city of
Istanbul, a high-ranking Turkish official said on Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Istanbul, 58-year-old
Yalcin Aksoy, the official of the Turkish Olympic Committee (TMOK)
who is in charge of the Istanbul torch relay, said that the Turkish
authorities embarked on the event eight months ago with 14
departments of the city involved.
Aksoy, who is the general director of the Preparation and
Organization Council for the Istanbul Olympic Games, said that "the