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Days 195-203: Turkey

August 10th 2007
Seeing trucks on the Turkish border who had been waiting to cross over the border for upwards of a week made us feel only slightly better about waiting 6 hours ourselves, but eventually we were in Turkey! Turkey, the 20th country on our world trip! We were really looking forward to Turkey and not disappointed! Almost instantly the landscapes changed from barren deserts to pine tree covered mou ... read more
Middle East » Turkey

Turkish Flag 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
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