Mosque ın Bursa

Good bye Turkey

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August 24th 2008
I am doıng thıs for tomorrow- Monday as there probably won't be tıme then. Turkey has been a wonderful place to vısıt. Of course ın two weeks we have only seen a small part. The rest wıll have to waıt untıl next tıme. There has been so much that has been breathtakıng. Those people I know who have been to Turkey have all been most enthusıastıc about ıt and now I know why. It ıs real ... 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