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My Travel Bucket List: Hagia Sophia

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July 21st 2014
When you’ve been bitten by the travel bug you really know about it – you spend the majority of your time planning to squeeze in a couple of extra trips around your busy work/life schedule and your clothes spend more time in a suitcase than anywhere else. For those of us who sadly can’t jet set off as readily we have our travels mapped out in our minds and sometimes documented in a travel bu ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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