The Blue Mosque

Constantinople!

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December 12th 2009
Hello dear friends and family, I’m embarrassed to look at the last time I wrote on here, it has been so long. Without rushing through everything too quickly, let me give a little update about the past two months ☺ First off, the somewhat lazy schedule I had before is no more. I started volunteering once a week in Padova at an organization called XENA where I lead an English conversation ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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