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The Downtown

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May 29th 2012
This one is going to be brief as there's really nothing to tell. We walked around and in the old city of Antalya. Antalya resides in the middle of history with its old harbor and antic city. This city was surrounded by a historic wall from Roman Empire. Today, there's only a part of the wall and a clock tower remain intact at the North gate. On the East side of the wall, there's anothe ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Antalya » Mermerli

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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