blue mosque adventure

Sightseeing - first encounter

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January 20th 2008
Yesterday 7 of us took a few cabs over to the mosques. We only saw hagia sophia from the outside because it is a museum and we will be returning later to go inside. We did, however, go inside the blue mosque and the bazaar. This seemed to be a very touristy area. Most all of the vendors spoke english and would say things like "come inside please" and if you ignored them they would respond agai ... 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