Hagia Sophia

Winter at Turkey

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February 5th 2012
About 6 months ago, I have started working at a company. This means that I have less free time to roam around the world. However, lucky me, my company implemented a shut-down system where the employees must take leave at the end of the year. Bad thing is that we have less "annual leave" over the year, but we can get a long duration of leave at the end of the year (without asking boss for permissio ... 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