Underground Gold Day Photo 2

Underground Gold Day

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May 8th 2012
The day began as most others, at around 7am for breakfast. I would have to say the Turkish tea is growing on me quite a bit. The tour planned for today was for Eldorado’s “EFEMÇUKURU” operation. The ride to the mine was fairly short, approximately 1.5 hours through the rural foothills surrounding Izmir. A wrong turn found us in a small village of approximately 700 people on top of one of t ... 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