climbing on Pergamum ruins

Aegean trip

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July 25th 2005
The whole KU Istanbul study abroad group took an organized trip a couple weekends ago to Troy, Ephesus, and the Aegean coast. We went to Troy first. It was interesting, but there isn’t much there in terms of preserved ruins. But still it was cool to be there and see what is left. We stayed at a little hotel on the coast. I went for a swim in the Aegean. It is incredibly clear - the cleare ... 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