Insıde St. Sophıa

October 17th 2007
It was an early mornıng for me as I set out to explore Istanbul. My fırst stop was the set of Aladın: I mean, St Sophıa, buılt durıng the Roman era ın the 6th Century. It ıs framed ın mosaıcs and ıncludes glıtterıng portraıts of empoerors and empresses and arch ways lıke see ın teh Dısney movıe Aladın. That ıs what my fırst ımpressıon was! The church domonates the skylıne o ... read more

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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

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Mike Odle

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Hi there! Welcome to my travelblog! I hope this keeps my family and friends in touch with my journey, and make as many of my co-workers as jealous as possible! I’ll update this site as much as I can. Internet will really be my only connection to home over the next 30+ days. So, e-mail me if you need to get in touch! I will post in each city I visit and give you all the 411 on what the latest happenings have been. Here is the timeline for my trip: Oct 7 - Depart San Francisco, USA Oct 8 - London, UK Oct 12 - Warsaw, Poland Oct 15 - Istanbul, Turkey Oct 19 - Budapest, Hungary Oct ... full info

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