Konya

Double Whammy!!!!

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December 3rd 2009
Stranded in Cappedocia? You might think that but we ended up buying the ticket to get to Konya which left the next morning. We went back to our hostel - and to our luck we organized a breakfast at 7 and the heating had been fixed and I had my second warmest sleep in Turkey to date. The ... read more

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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