View from my room

Half a Day in Istanbul

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April 10th 2007
The flight to Istanbul could have been better. I fell sleep before we even took off from JFK, but then woke up during the actual take-off. About an hour or so later they woke me up for dinner, which I'm glad they did, and from then until breakfast about 6 or 7 hours later, I was trying to sleep and not having the best luck at it. My right leg kept falling asleep and it was driving me nuts. I coul ... 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