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Interior of Haghia Sophia

Mosaics some one thousand years old. The Islamic ban on human (and other) images led to many of these being covered with plaster, under which they lay for centuries...
East meets West, Europe meets Asia - the clichés are true...

October 25th 2008
Photographs from our recent trip to Istanbul (October 2008) ... read more
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Turkish Flag 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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