Turkish tulips

Last of Turkey

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March 30th 2006
March 30th, 2006, Day 84 of our cruise of 105 Evening at sea after Kusadasai, Turkey, tomorrow, Iraklion, Crete, 220 nautical miles away. We have traveled close to 23 000 nautical miles. Everybody is running around planning touring activities for the upcoming ports as they are many and close to one another. We will walk to town tomorrow, hopefully tour the archeological museum and ma ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara

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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