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The walkway is made of irregular sized bricks spaced 5 cm apart. This is to ensure that people have to look down when they approach the mausoleum, which is more 'respectful'.

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First couple of weeks in Ankara...

February 16th 2008
This last week in Ankara has been crazy busy. All the foreign students go through a week and half long orientation program, which in someways is quite helpful in getting ready and in others quite useless. There were a few surprises in arriving at METU in Ankara. First, I thought I was going to an English speaking university. That is not the case. While the language of instruction is in English, ... 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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