sanaa at the bakery

Istanbul II

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February 17th 2008
The Saturday was brilliant. First we went to the toy museum. It was biting cold, and rainy, so we were glad with the lift we got from Kemal's boss, a two door salon car with a stick shift gear and driven like a maniac. And there we were, aross the Bosphorus to the Asian side. As Kemal said, we had come home. Across a beautiful suspension bridge, one of the longets we have seen, and into the very r ... read more

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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