Blue Mosque

Onwards!

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February 15th 2010
Early morning flight out of Innsbruck got me into Frankfurt in time to meet my son and fly on to Istanbul. We will be spending the next two weeks in Turkey - we decided that rather than have him use limited vacation time to come 'home' we would meet some where this year and combine a visit with vacation. Our flight into Istanbul was very full and very eventful. High winds had the jet rocking ... 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