Feet Washing Anyone?

Touching Down in Turkey

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April 23rd 2008
22-4-08 What a great city! I’m thoroughly impressed with Istanbul. It’s very chilled out and very clean. Magan and I started the day wandering up to the Blue Mosque and Aya Sophya. They are very pretty and about 100 metres from our hostel. The Blue Mosque and Aya Sophya are opposite each other, with a beautiful garden teeming with tulips and a fountain, connecting them. Here we decided ... 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