Cultures collide
There is an incredible mix of the old ways and the new. It is something that we do not have (to the same degree)in our area of the world
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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]
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] Blog: Captivated by Cappadocia
Date: August 1st 2007
We left off last time in Cirali (pronounced Chiralee) at the Canada hotel where Carrie and her husband Saban were great to us. Our last evening was spent doing a 1 km steep climb up the backside of Chimaera to see their eternal flames (try googling that one). There is an area in some exposed rock that has natural gas (mostly methane) leaking from the ground creating these spontaneous and continu ... read more
Date: August 1st 2007
We left off last time in Cirali (pronounced Chiralee) at the Canada hotel where Carrie and her husband Saban were great to us. Our last evening was spent doing a 1 km steep climb up the backside of Chimaera to see their eternal flames (try googling that one). There is an area in some exposed rock that has natural gas (mostly methane) leaking from the ground creating these spontaneous and continu ... read more
