Ihlara Valley

Cappadocia: The Green Trip

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August 8th 2011
So the story paused with us being ushered into a travel agency by Not-a-Guide. We had thought that Istanbul was a big enough place for us to explore for the two weeks we would be in Turkey, and that during that time I might drop my resume off at an ESL site or two. But the persuasive travel agent had much bigger plans for us. Upon finding how many days there were till our flight to London, he ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme

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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