Ephesus

Selcuk

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April 22nd 2011
A short 5 hour drive up the coast to Selcuk and Atillas - our home for the next two nights. It was warm enough for tents so back to camping. Atillas is a great place run by Aussie-Turks and includes cocktails, good barbaques, and pool table. We're ten mins from Ephesus where we went for a wander today to see lots more ruins. In Selcuk town there's St Johns basicalla where John of John& ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Selçuk

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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