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Merhaba from Istanbul

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July 9th 2007
As I write this Emma and I have only been in away from our Melbourne home for 6 days, but the amount we've seen makes it seem like we've been gone for much longer. It certainly didn't take me long to fall in love with Istanbul! We stayed in the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul, which is home to two famous mosques - the Blue Mosque and the Aya Sophya. We were in walking distance to these as well as t ... 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