Sugar beads, sugar beads and pistasciohs

Reunion in Turkey and interesting castle explanations

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November 30th 2009
On the bus I realized I texted the wrong number and messaged Fatih after which he called and organized that he would pick us up from the main bus station in Ankara. Ankara was a pretty nice city. I guess its comparable to Canberra in Australia, Sydney is where its at like Istanbul, but Canberra is the politic ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara

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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