ephesus 30

Day 5

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May 5th 2012
Today, breakfast was at 7 am. The last night a few members of the group stayed out fairly late at various bars. Needless to say, several of them did not look so hot at breakfast. The reason for the early breakfast was a trip to Ephesus, one of the most famous tour sites in all of Turkey. At this point, I would like to mention that I dabbled, for the first time, with an interesting device that i ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Izmit

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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