He who controls the past....

The concrete structure ostensibly erected to commemorate the fallen. The picture doesn't do the size justice... the thing is immense. Anyone who's been to the former Soviet Union should be familiar with the routine. So there's a really huge building; great. How does that help me understand what went on here? It doesn't.

Commemorating the fallen

October 24th 2004
So finally, after 5+ weeks of traveling, I made it to Canakkale, no more than 500km away from Istanbul where I started off. A record-setting pace. Yeay. After Bozcaada I head over to the ruins of Troy. I daresay it was a bit much for my untrained eye. There are the ruins of 9 levels of city (Troy I-IX), from different periods, all on display simultaneously and more or less undistinguishable ( ... 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

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