Ataturk and the country he created - Turkey - July 2013


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August 17th 2013
Published: December 8th 2014
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Well - we are finally sort of starting to catch-up to current status (only 15 months behind). Gonna be very honest here - we knew where Turkey was, but besides that all we knew was that it was a fairly heavily populated Muslim country with lots of history and a country that played a massive part in world history. Besides this we really knew nothing of the country, but then again just the fact that... Read Full Entry



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Temple of Domitian
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"Burning bush of Ephesus"
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Can't get enough of "the strip" of Ephesus
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The toilets - no privacy I guess
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All good
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Definitely can't get enough of this structure
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The sun peeking through the window
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Just doing it like they did it hundreds of years ago
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More Ephesus detail
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Just found these on the side of the road
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Sunset
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On our balcony
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Ottoman juice - so good



9th December 2014

Glad to see that you are starting to catch up...
I enjoyed reading your "book!" At 16,600 words you might want to consider breaking it down into several blogs...one for each city or region...makes the reading easier! Before your next carpet buying trip. make sure you know the difference between the child made (smaller more nimble fingers) and machine made...pretty easy to tell. Turkey is truly an amazing country.
9th December 2014

Carpets
Thanks Bob - yeah the blog was way too much and I was "literally exhausted" after writing this. I will definitely break it down next time. I guess it's just a testament to how much we truly enjoyed Turkey.

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