blue mosque

Istanbul!

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April 3rd 2008
Istanbul is incredible. My first day in Istanbul was relatively uneventful. Nate and I wandered the streets and came across a pretty cool local market. We enjoyed people-watching and eating some delicious chocolate cake. For dinner, a group of us went to a local restaurant. The place wasn’t on any of the main roads and nobody that worked there spoke even a bit of English. They found a man that ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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