Sutlanamet Istanbul

Istanbul

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August 11th 2012
Arrived early morning and the weather didn't disappoint - Hot. Check the local kebab shop; imagine the size of these when Ramadaan has finished. Not sure if this going to work as I'm dealing with a Greek computor and alphabet. Had a little trouble finding our hotel among the maze of narrow cobbled streets in Sultanamet; a little remininsent of Stone Town in Zanzibar. The Metro sys ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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