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SNOW DAY

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February 19th 2008
So, it snowed on Sunday which was great, but I really only left the apartment to get some schoolwork done at taskisla. On Monday, we woke up to even more snow, and some light flakes coming down. Our professor had gone to a funeral over the weekend, and it turns out that his flight was delayed too, so instead of a normal class day, we had a snow day. The whole group traveled to Sultanahmet by tra ... 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