Fountain1 1 by the waterside

Day 91 - Killing Time

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September 30th 2023
It's over. Our flight today is at 8:05pm and our pick up for airport transfer is at 3:30pm so we have time to kill.We both decide to go for a morning walk. I head for the water from to the south of us, somewhere I haven't visited. There are green spaces but oddly they are fenced off, so just for show and not for use. Fishermen try their early morning luck off the walk way. All is good until the ra ... 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