Where Minarets Pierce the Sky

One of the lovely minarets of the Blue Mosque. Until recently, the mullahs had to climb up these towers to sing the call to prayer across the city. Now it is done via remote and speakers.

A Thousand and One Nights in a Day

August 10th 2007
If I close my eyes and allow the wonderful stories from ‘A Thousand Nights and a Night’ to flow into my mind I form a fantastical image of graceful domes and minarets that pierce the sky, of lovely pointed arches and intricate tile work and lush gardens hidden behind towering stone walls. It is a land filled with flying carpets, genies in lamps, beautiful, veiled princesses and unimaginable 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

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