Road to Selcuk

Cruising the Aegean Coast...

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May 15th 2008
We woke up quite early on Tuesday in order to make our 7:00 ferry from Istanbul to Bandirma. Ali met us outside the police house at 5:45 in order to escort us to the dock. We got onto the ship and settled in for the 2 hour sailing across the Sea of Marmara. We had set Canakkale as our destination for the evening. Canakkale is only a few km from the ancient city of Troy and was the setting fo ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Selçuk

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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