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A Balkan Adventure

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May 1st 2009
As I begin to write this, I really have no idea as to how to summarize my second half of my Spring Break travels that took me to seven countries and involved crossing Europe from South to North and then East to West. However, I will try to hit the high points, but I could never put into writing everything that I learned and experienced. I’ll start this blog on Thursday April 16. The rest of t ... 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