Aya Sofia Museum

ANZAC Day at Gallipoli

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April 27th 2009
Day 378 After a half day work we got our flight from Birmingham to Istanbul on KLM arriving just after 1am. Our Fanatics pick up was there but didn't have our names on his list and spoke very little English. After a confusing phone call and quick check of the name of our hostel on the net our driver agreed to take us to the hostel. We snuck into our dorm trying not to disturb our roomys. Day 3 ... 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