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Turkey and Egypt

Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of one of Turkey's smash-hit TV soap operas on set in Istanbul; Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale on Cairo's streets.

Insight, wit and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world, presented by Pascale Harter.

In this edition, Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of a smash-hit TV soap opera on set in Istanbul, and finds out how this sort of on-screen drama has been bringing prestige, clout and foreign visitors to Turkey. Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale everywhere on the streets of Cairo - even right in the middle of violent political protests.

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10 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Dec 2012 04:50GMT

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  • Wed 12 Dec 2012 19:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 2012 01:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 2012 04:50GMT