Ancient Troy

Çanakkale, Eceabat, Kilitbahir and Troy

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September 4th 2009
2 Pages of photos again! Sorry!!! Getting out to the Gallipoli peninsula turned out to be more troublesome than anticipated. Having bought tickets on a Metro bus, one of the biggest companies in Turkey, we thought it was going to be easy. Their servis transfer at 0910 took us to the bus station, but not the bus station we expected to go to. There we were put onto another bus which ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Canakkale

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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