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Turkish neighbour of characters in taxi ranks (4)

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I believe the answer is:

iran

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'turkish neighbour' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'characters in taxi ranks' is the wordplay.
'characters in' indicates a hidden word.
'IRAN' is hidden within 'taxi ranks'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Country lying to south of Caspian sea" , "Country where the official language is Farsi" , "Islamic republic on the Persian Gulf" , "Persia some time ago" , "Country of western Asia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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