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I found out we weren't supposed to take photos - so I didn't get many :(
Vakifli

June 4th 2012
Yesterday we went to an Armenian Village known as Vakifli. It is the only Armenian village left in Turkey. The historian in me would like to insert a piece about the genocide that occurred but instead I will offer a link to their site and a brief encyclopedic entry: Aremenian Genocide This is not the day we had. It was a lively d ... read more
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Turkish Flag 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
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