The Harbour

Turkey Tour 2010 Blog 1

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October 2nd 2010
Back to Turkey again. Third time in 8 years, so it must be good. This time the justification is twofold, firstly, the Honeymoon on account of not going away immediately after the wedding. Secondly, to get some warm weather. Also, we didn't make it quite as far as Antalya when we last came to the Turquoise Coast in May 2008, and in 2002 on The Big Drive Home (from the UAE) I bypassed the place as i ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Antalya

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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