The Blue Mosque

Arguably the most famous mosque in Istanbul, and probably Turkey

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September 24th 2007
Woo-hoo party central. And I thought that Ramadan was all about being solemn etc. Ah-huh - not the Ramadan we saw. We arrived in Istanbul about 7;30pm. We managed to figure out the public transport and got ourselves to Sultanahmet - the main tourist area - by metro and tram. We hopped off the tram into a mad house! There were people everywhere. The pavements were packed full of people, adul ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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