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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]
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] Blog: Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Date: September 19th 2008
Well it's a bit of a delay but I thought I better update from the last few days of our trip, even though we have been home for nearly a week already... So where did we leave off last, ahh yes Istanbul! Well wasn't that an interesting place to visit. Not quiet what we were expecting, mind you it was very last minute and we didn’t really do our research on the place so our own fault really. Not ... read more
Date: September 19th 2008
Well it's a bit of a delay but I thought I better update from the last few days of our trip, even though we have been home for nearly a week already... So where did we leave off last, ahh yes Istanbul! Well wasn't that an interesting place to visit. Not quiet what we were expecting, mind you it was very last minute and we didn’t really do our research on the place so our own fault really. Not ... read more
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