On the beach

Here.

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September 28th 2008
I originally wrote this on Saturday. I didn't publish it because I wanted to have videos and photos ready first, but getting both uploaded has been such a pain in the ass. uplloading to Flickr takes forever from Turkey--Facebook is faster upload, but for some reason at the last moment the upload fails more than half the time. Also, uploading this video is just not working and I can't use YouTub ... 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