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Background: Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known as the People's Congress of Kurdistan or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has dominated the Turkish military's attention and claimed more than 30,000 lives, but after the capture of the group's leader in 1999, the insurgents largely withdrew from Turkey, mainly to northern Iraq. In 2004, KGK announced an end to its ceasefire and attacks attributed to the KGK increased. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy, enabling it to begin accession membership talks with the European Union.




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After my two days in Batum, I crossed the border from Sarp. The taxi drivers on the Turkish side annoyed me before by asking more money they should so this time I made sure about the money I should pay. But this time they tricked me once more by squeezing me in a taxi full of people. There are some places in earth which you should never ever take a taxi and Turksh side of Sarp border is definetely one of them. Choose minibusses in the border or take a bus from Batumi bus terminal which take you to the Turkish [View Full Entry]

Gorkem Turan - Gorkem Turan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 8th 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=405924]

Road to Maral Fall
For carrying stuff to home
Valley

Tag 37 bis 49, 8.750 km von Galway Wir sind in Asien! Juhu! ... und haben schon eine Menge erlebt, seitdem wir den Bosporus ueberquert haben..... Das Wichtigste zuerst: Ja, wir waren in Georgien. Aber leider nur 4 Tage. Als wir gehoert haben, dass Georgien von russischen Truppen bombardiert wird, haben wir das Land sofort (am Samstag den 09.08., also einen Tag nach Kriegsausbruch) wieder verlassen. Wir sind gesund und munter und nun wieder in der Tuerkei. Nun aber alles huebsch der Reihe nach: In der Tuerkei (bevor wir nach Georgien gereist sind), haben wir nicht nur die St [View Full Entry]

Dalin and Gudi - on KTM | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 13th 2008 | 411 Views | [diary=306687]

Ottoman houses in Safranbolu
Optimistic architecture
Metal workshop

House life in Barhal, Barhal'in ev hayati [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 15th 2007 | 76 Views | [diary=219949]

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His name is Mustafa Aygün but everybody calls him Mevlut Çavus, the nickname of its father. I met him in 1994 when I arrived to Barhal for the first time, in 1997 I stood in its house and since then I go at least once to the year. Onun ismi Mustafa Aygü, ama herkes ona Mevlut Çavus derler, babasinin lakasi. 1994'te tanististik, o anda ilk kez Barhala gittim, 97'de onun evinde kaldim ve ondan itibaren her sene giderim, son seneler Ramazan Bayramda. [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 10th 2007 | 73 Views | [diary=218449]

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The church is one of the best kept in the region, was built in the 10th century as a monastry dedicated to John the Baptist at that time Barhal was a part of Georgia and probably was a donation from the royal family. the Church became mosque in the late 18th century during the time of the Sultan Abdül-Hamid the 1st, the firman of the event is in the muhtarlik, they still call it "Kilise" There are some stones with sculptures in the façade, tunels contecting to the other side of the mountains and we all think that arround it there [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 10th 2007 | 121 Views | [diary=218458]

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By Pablo in Barhal
November 9th 2007
Perset Middle East » Turkey » Black Sea » Artvin
Perset is in the way up to the Karagöl, after crossing the bridge that was renewed last octuber. Perset is the last mahalle, group of houses, where people live in winter. Perset karagölünün yolunda dir, köprü geçdiktan sonra, bu köprü geçen ekim ayinda yeninlendi, bu anda beton oldu.¨Bu yolda kisinda kalan insanlarin son mahalle. [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2007 | 177 Views | [diary=218216]

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His name is Mustafa Akarsu but everibody calls him Sofi, because of his grandfather who knew a lot about religion. He is also Mustafa's best friend. Hepsi onu "Sofi" olarak taniyor, dedesinden dolay, ayni anda Mustafas en iyi bir arkadasi. [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2007 | 59 Views | [diary=218220]

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They are two main cafes in Barhal, one belongs to Mehemet Kirimli and the other to Osman Pehlivan, both of then are in Mahçetler, men meet ther, drink tea or coffee and spend thier time playing cards, okey or backgammon. They talk, they gossip and they spend theyr time in winter. Köyde iki tane kahve var, ikiside Maçhetlerde birisi Mehmet Kirimli'ye ait oluyor, öbürü Osman Pehlivan'a , adamlar kahvlerde toplaniyorlar, çay veya kahve içerler, kart oyniyorlar, okey, tavle atiyorlar, sohbet eder ve dedikodu yapar. [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2007 | 87 Views | [diary=217362]

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 Yasar "Lahmacun"

October 28th is the Republic's day in Turkey, they celebrate the end of the War for Liberation and the beginning of the Republic with Mustafa Kemal, Atatürk. Most of the celebrations are taken in schools and squares. 28 Ekinde Cumhurriyet bayrami ilk okuda kutluyorlar. [View Full Entry]

Pablo in Barhal - Pablo Martín Asuero | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2007 | 413 Views | [diary=217381]

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Mehmet Karahan is one of my best friends in Barhal, he has a wonderful pension where I allways stay at least one night, It is a great cook and a very nice person, I realy like to talk with him. www.karahanpension.com is a traditional house next to the church, is very well known. He has had important gests like the sister of H. M. the Queen of England or my brother Yasar Yucel, among others. When he has time Mehemt takes care of his bees. Mehemt Karahan en iyi arkadaslarimde biri, onda çok iyi bir pesionu var ve çok guzel yemekleri [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 6th 2007 | 151 Views | [diary=217394]

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