Aya Sophıa

The ınsıde was huge, and stıll had remnants of the Chrıstıan frescoes as the next pıcture shows. The bıg dome at the top was called the Dome of Heaven, because thınk 1500 years ago and thıs would have seemed even more amazıng.

Goodbyes and Goodwishes

April 29th 2007
The next day was our final day of the trip and we were on the road to Istanbul. We stopped off and I paid up on my lost bet and our driver was very pleased with his new carton of beer. We eventually got into Istanbul, and by chance I had booked us into the Kumuka finishing hostel so we got ourselves settled and relaxed for the evening with a couple of cold ones. It was the night before Hayley's b ... read more

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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

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