Departing from the Cuse

So it begins...

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January 19th 2009
I've decided to keep a travel blog about my time in Turkey for whoever is interested. A lot of people have been asking me either for photos or for details about what I'm doing so this will kill two birds with one stone. I have been wanting to travel abroad again ever since I went to the UK and Ireland in 2000 as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Program. I was really fortunate to ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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