Hagia Sofia

Istanbul Express

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November 9th 2010
Istanbul stands in a unique geographic position, straddling two continents with one foot in Asia and one foot in Europe. The city is huge and we only have a few days here so we're intending to explore just a small part of it. Our plane arrives at night and we've made it easy by pre-arranging a shuttle from the airport to our accommodation. From the shuttle it seems there is much less litter aro ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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