Grand Palace Mosaic Museum 1

Turkey- time in Istanbul

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November 15th 2010
Istanbul blog. To travel back in time for anyone reading these Turkey entries in order we must go back to the first day of the Turkey tour to cover our first day in Istanbul. It can be noted that on the memorable date of 10/10/10 we spent 10:10am on this date inside the Blue Mosque of Istanbul and 10:10pm at dinner. We started the day with breakfast in our hotel - it seems the Turks idea of br ... 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