Grand Bazaar

Istanbul

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May 2nd 2006
The train ride was long and we whiled away the first few hours consuming beer and playing cards together with our travelling companions Farah, Justin and Christine. After being told to keep the noise down by others in our sleeper carriage, we pulled down our bunks and tried to make some hay. Our brief efforts of sleep were cut short when we arrived at the Bulgarian border at 3am. We went through t ... read more

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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