Huge apple tree!

Visiting Ians grandmas and fathers birth village

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September 21st 2009
Hi- I thought this blog would be a perfect way to keep in touch with everyone. We flew into Istanbul on Tuesday, September 15th at around 11:30 pm. Just a few hours after our plane landed Ians grandmother passed away and he was not able to get to the hospital in time to see her. Her last words were to ask if Ian and his wife had arrived and then she sighed and passed away. Noone slept that night e ... 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