Border crossing between Syria and Turkey.

Every wondered what a border crossing looks like? This one's fairly boring. True fact: in the no man's land between the borders of Cambodia and Thailand, there's a massive hotel and casino complex! It's because gambling is illegal in both countries - Thailand also has floating casinos in international waters off the coast! I'd love to know who owns the land, whether they take any taxes, etc there, and who controls it all.

Turkiye

April 17th 2007
Our first stop in Turkey was the smallish town of Gaziantep. During WW1, most of the young, fit men of Gaziantep - or Antep, as it was known then - were off fighting when a force of 2000 Allied soldiers, armed with the best automatic weaponry of the time, snuck around and approached the town unexpectedly. Some 600-800 Turks formed a milita, gathered up what shoddy rifles and handguns they could l ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Southeastern Anatolia

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 adopt... ... read more

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