Medusa's Head

Return to Turkey

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September 26th 2008
Last week, I travelled to Cesme in Turkey with some friends for a relaxing one week holiday. We booked a villa for the week not far from the resort town of Cesme. We arrived late on a Sunday night, and were picked up by an excellent air-conditioned van and delivered to our villa. We settled in quickly and headed to bed early so we could make the most of our time... We all fell asleep eventually ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Cesme

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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