A Gorgon at Didyma

An adventure in Ionia

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June 1st 2016
I really wanted to visit the sites of Priene, Miletus and Didyma to the south of Ephesus. Priene and Miletus were important Greek cities and Didyma was a wealthy sanctuary of Apollo where an immense temple of an unusual design was built. Normally it's easy to find a one-day tour to all three sites but tourist numbers are so low that no one is offering a tour right now. So I decided to try to do it ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Selçuk

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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