Sunset Over Mosque

Biblical Landscape

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September 4th 2008
You can take a bus to just about anywhere in Turkey – buses are to Turkey what trains are to India – it is how this nation travels. However, I learned of a rail route that would take me in a similar direction and after my mostly pleasant rail journeys in India, I decided to give this one a go. It wasn’t going to be straight forward though, but that was fine; it would just make the journey mo ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Selçuk

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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