Blue Mosque

Istanbul

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April 22nd 2006
Arriving at 6:30pm after a delayed flight and long queues through visa and passport control, we arrived at the Sammy’s tour stand and realised the scale of Sammy’s tours. Milions of guides shuffled us to a bus stand where we had to wait forever for a bus due to Istanbul’s terrible Friday night traffic. At least there was a large group of Aussies to have a laugh with and we were finally dropp ... 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