Istanbul marks Greek Orthodox holiday
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Having emerged from the water, the swimmers bunch together for a group photo. They are the youngest and strongest of Istanbul’s dwindling 1.500-strong Greek Orthodox community known as the Rum. In recent years, increasing numbers of Greek Orthodox Turks of Arab extraction have flocked to Istanbul from the southern provinces of Hatay and Antioch. (Iason Athanasiadis/GlobalPost)
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