Grand Bazaar when it's not closed

Turkey...the title of this blog is: A.) Turkey makes me sleepy B.) Turkey where Europe and Asia hug or C.) We travelled Turkey and never stepped one foot inside a carpet shop!

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October 5th 2009
Hey Guys, Well we arrived in Turkey and pretty much hit the ground running! We had previously decided to speed up our travels through Turkey to pick up 2 weeks since we are looking at doing a month in Indoneasia or just adding it onto Australia. We were confident we could catch all the main attractions as we would probably just spend those 2 weeks lounging on the beaches of Mediterranean and a ... 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