Rain on the Bosporus

Istanbul, part 2

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October 16th 2009
Day 2 On my 2nd day in Istanbul the weather was very promising before noon. So I decided to spend the day with visiting some of the city's various quarters instead of going into a museum. First I walked around a little bit in Sultanahmet (where my hostel was located), which is today considered the old town of İstanbul. Then I took the ferry to Üsküdar on the Asian side ... 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