the Runaway from the hassle.

East meets West!

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August 12th 2007
Istanbul is everything I expected and also everything unexpected! The openess and modernity and the size of the city amazes me!!! The hassles and the people are more funny than freaky.. haaaa!! So arrived at around 2130 at this very very very very big bus station. Took the bus 20 mins to drive to the parking spot! Found the metro easily and found HSBC bank machine as well! haaa.. Hop on the ... 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