Underground Cistern

Cappadocia and Istanbul!

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March 31st 2009
Cappadocia and Istanbul! Cappadocia! This was such a cool area! there are actually volcanic rocks that form all these cones around the valleies, and people discovered that you could actually carve these out and live in them! We spent a day sleeping and eating after our night bus, and getting to know Tori, a guy we met on the bus and was in the same room as us. The second day we went on a tour ... 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