Thanksgiving

Turkey, the Bird, the Nation, the Punch-Line—A Dispatch from the Edge of Civilization by Our Correspondent Who Has Eaten Both ISTANBUL—It is 3 a.m. local time, and the muezzin’s call to prayer collides with the bass line of a rooftop techno club, while a street cat—fat, entitled, and visibly bored—gnaws on a leftover döner kebab…