Pomegranate/Orange Juice

Turkey Time begins!

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October 20th 2005
My trip to Turkey couldn’t have come at a better time. For the two weeks prior to Fall Break, the usually cheerful academic center became a miserable place full of grumpy, stressed out people. The day of our flight to Istanbul, I had a test, a paper, a presentation, and no clean underwear or socks. Following a crazed hour of packing, Jess, Gina, Mike, Ben, and I caught the metro to the airpor ... 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