Mardin museum

Gaziantep Tour - day 4

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July 5th 2007
Before starting about day 4, I forgot to add in the previous entry that we went to a small restaurant in Mardin, the capital of Kurdish area. The people there were extremely gentle and kind to us, the music was a blast and the food A LOT! hehehehehe I danced a lot, I didn't eat so much, but again, I danced like crazy, with all the girls (belly dancers we could be) Early in the morning we l ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Southeastern Anatolia » Mardin

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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