Goreme

Capadocia

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May 16th 2006
The sun began to rise and I woke from my light bus-sleep. I stared out of the window, in a fairly comatose state after only a few hours of very uncomfortable sleep to see that the scenery had changed dramatically. We had arrived in Capadocia, right in the heart of Turkey and were surrounded by strange rock formations and tall, fallus-shaped stone towers protruding from the ground like giant mushro ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

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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