Olympic Flame In Istanbul

ISTANBUL - The Olympic torch arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Spiridos Lambridis, the ambassador of the Greek organizing committee, gave the Olympic torch to Turkish National Olympics Committee Deputy Secretary General Aziz Basdogan.
Olympic flame was brought from Ukrainian capital Kiev to Istanbul by a plane.
It will be carried in Istanbul in a race today.
The torch is passing through all six continents and making its journey through 34 cities in 27 countries before returning to the Greek capital in August for the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
(EÖ-ULG) 06.07.2004