Beach in Olympos

Back in my beloved Istanbul

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October 28th 2005
Came back from Olympos the day before yesterday on the night bus. Olympos is a great place. Highly reccomend it. We stayed in a little bungalow in this valley right near the sea. Beautiful. We really did not do a whole lot. Ate a lot of amazing food at Sabans where we stayed. The food was the best that I have had so far. Stuffed peppers, fresh trout, lots of eggplant, so tasty. And you got a free ... 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