View Across The Bosphorus

The Best Shopping in Europe

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August 15th 1990
Got a goodnight's sleep, apart from when all hell broke loose at about 4.30am to call everyone to prayer. I was going to need it as what followed was the journey from hell. The Grand Bizarre was absolutely awesome. It's a complete labyrinth of dark passageways, crammed with things to buy. It was a shame that we didn't have any money or room in our backpacks. You could spend the whole day in the ... 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