Pedestrians

Closing in on Istanbul

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September 25th 2009
I took many photos from the car, most were blurred. Once we slowed down due to traffic I had some success of capturing people and traffic. We were doing fine car-wise until we approached Istanbul. Istanbul is huge and very confusing. We got very lost and thought we’d never find our way back to the hotel as we drove back and forth over and over again across the bridge linking Asian Istanbul ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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