Write On! Features: Terrorism, Spying And Diplomacy – How My Istanbul Thriller Was Born by Leigh Turner
By Leigh Turner
Water glistened on the cormorant’s wings as it plunged into the Bosphorus. Beyond, a Russian warship headed through the strait, followed by a rust-streaked Ukrainian grain carrier. Far off, the Byzantine walls of Istanbul rose around the 6th Century Haghia Sophia and mosques built after the 1453 Ottoman ...