"Aya Sofya" in the heart of Old Istanbul

Our first tour day in Istanbul takes in the main sights of Sultanahmet starting with this enormous, beautiful building which was started in about 530AD and for the next 1000 years was the largest church in Christendom. The minarets were added during later centuries when it became a mosque. Still an incredible feat of architecture today.

Turkey Part One

May 14th 2006
Merhaba (hello) family and friends and welcome to Part One of Turkiye. I'm actually now in Russia and have spent much of my first weekend here doing this blog. Hopefully next weekend will produce Part Two! I start my new job here tomorrow so will fit in the catching up of several more blogs around adjusting to another culture and learning a new job. I hope you are inspired to go to Turkey when ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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

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