Ella and the Mosques

Patsy in Istanbul

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March 9th 2010
Patsy in Istanbul The last time I wrote was a long time ago, in Shanghai. Since then, we took an overnight train from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and spent a week there. We flew to Singapore, and spent a week there. And we flew to Bangkok, and spent a couple of days there. We then flew from Bangkok to Cairo to Istanbul. We’ve been in an apartment in Istanbul almost a month, and w ... 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