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In a home in the town of Hereke, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Istanbul, Havva Gumustas labors over a silk carpet as her mother looks on. The two of them have been working on the same carpet for over two years. "They still have six months to go," Mohan says, but when completed, the fine carpet may fetch a price of $40,000 (U.S.).

Read more about Turkey in "Magic Carpet Ride" in the March 2007 issue of National Geographic Traveler.


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