Blue Mosque

Turkey

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July 4th 2009
Day 1: We arrive Istanbul, and take a train and tram into the city center from the airport. We wonder around in circles trying to find our hotel using s collection of maps and Joe’s Turkish, and eventually realize that the tram dropped us off much much closer to the hotel than we had expected. Bags away, and we see Big Blue and Big Red. We get dinner down near the Serkisi train station, and ... 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