Spice Market

Christmas in Istanbul

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December 21st 2009
• 12-21-09 Olympus to Istanbul The next day we send goodbye to our Bayrams tree house friends and started the way back to Antalya for our flight to Istanbul. We stayed at Bauhaus, so we needed to take the bus from the airport to Taksim and then a taxi to the hostel. We were instantly greeted very well and were able to tell this hostel was a good one. Torrick, Tony, and Volcano were all interest ... 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