Cenker at the Palace Gate

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January 5th 2008
White flakes drifting silently provided the only witnesses at the edge of the Swan Fountain at Dolmabahçe Palace to Cenker stopping me mid-step to ask me to walk beside him for a lifetime. He started with a topic we discussed many times before, "What would you say, if I asked you to marry me?" Before I could say anything, a red velvet box emerged from his coat, as he opened it, asking, "Would y ... 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