The Golden Horn

The Start of a New Quarter Century

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August 13th 2008
Hoş geldiniz! Welcome! After a drought of blog entries, and quite frankly a lack of inspiration...er laziness... I'm back on the ball. For those of you who have, for whatever reason, missed out on my emails, last 5 months of planning, Facebook updates, and anything else I do to publish my life...I bring to you my latest move...to Istanbul! I traveled to Turkey back in March with Les ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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