Istanbul has achieved Sultans' dream: bid chief
- Published: 9 Jan 2013 at 07.45
- Online news: World
The Istanbul bid for the 2020 Olympic Games has achieved a dream held by the Sultans who used to rule Turkey in bringing both the continents the city straddles together as one, their bid chief told AFP on Monday.
Members of the Istanbul Olympic bid delegation, including bid chief Hasan Arat (R), pose with candidature files on January 7, 2013, at International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Istanbul bid for the 2020 Olympic Games has achieved a dream held by the Sultans who used to rule Turkey in bringing both the continents the city straddles together as one, Arat told AFP.
Hasan Arat, who spoke to AFP by phone from Lausanne after Istanbul had handed over their candidature file to the International Olympic Committee, said with Istanbul's first underground tube train line to be opened on October 29th this year the bid had succeeded in bringing Asia and Europe together.
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