Safranbolu

Turkey - From Safronbolu, onwards past Ankara

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September 25th 2007
Awake early we packed up everything rapidly as someone felt a drop of rain. There were no more, but it meant that we found the twee village of Safronbolu much earlier than we had planned. Very touristy with half wooden framed buildings and cobbled streets. Hardly any other visitors at this time of year. We had a coffee before leaving and retracing our route south for 30 or so miles befo ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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