“The world is complicated, not just Lebanon,” a journalist told our Insider Journey group in Beirut this spring. “But when you understand the big picture, you understand that what we share is so much more than what divides us.” The very same could be said about Turkey, a country whose story has always been determined by its location: the heady meeting place of East and West.
Now is a unique time in Istanbul , Turkey's largest city and cultural and economic center. Many tourists are still stayin...