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First update from Istanbul

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September 1st 2008
So far, it has been great. Unfortunately, my jet lag is a lot worse than I expected, so here it is, 3:40 am, and I have to be ready to go to my first day at the school in exactly five hours. But, I had 13 hours of sleep last night, so hopefully that will make up for tonight. Also, I found out that school doesn’t actually start until September 8th. So we have this week as kind of an orientati ... 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