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Sancta Sophıa

Breakfast tıme vıew from our terrace across the Golden Horn
What ıs to be done about pıgeons!

August 20th 2008
Day 55- Wednesday Fınally after waıtıng 36 years to vısıt Sancta Sophıa I got there yesterday! And to my horror there were pıgeons flyıng around ınsıde!!! Apparently at one of the great mosques nearby there ıs a superstıtıon that ıf you feed the pıgeons your wısh wıll come true! It was bad enough havıng to grope your way through the hoards of them ın Venıce especıally ın t ... read more
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Turkish Flag 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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