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Cappadocia

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July 19th 2009
On my first day of freedom in Turkey I traveled to a place called Cappadocia. We took an hour long flight out of Istanbul to Kayseri. On Turkish Airlines they give you free food! It was a nice treat from our usual stingy American airlines. Right when we arrived, we drove straight to an underground city called Kaymakli. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a place where Christians hid ... 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