Blue Mosque in early morning

Going Home

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April 14th 2007
Another long travel day. About 27 hours total door to door. Nothing too interesting. I got up early to get some photos of the Blue Mosque and took a short walk around the area. Not much was going on yet, except for several groups of Japanese tourists getting guided around and a small number of people entering the mosque for prayer. We had a very expensive breakfast at the Four Seasons before bein ... 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