More ruins at Troy

Troy

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May 24th 2011
Visited the ancient ruins of Troy. Learnt that the Troy of Homer's fame is known as Troy VI, the sixth of nine settlements on this site, starting from 2900BC. Many ruins from all ages, work goes on to expose more. A brief stopover at Izmir on the Aegean before our overnight stop at Kusadasi ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean

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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