The History Of The Hagia Sofia

Turkish Tea, Pipes and Football

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October 24th 2007
Rob and I have realised that we are both absolutely shattered. We not only managed to sleep through our alarm, but once we were both up we were still very tired. Having slept through the alarm we decided that we probably wouldn't have enough time to do both of the sights we had planned, so we opted to do the Aya Sofia on the basis it was historically more interesting. We are both desperate for ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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