Local delicacy

Istanbul

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July 5th 2010
Having been set back by Sunday’s late bed time and our early flight to Istanbul, we were all still suffering sleep deprivation. We set four different alarms and were up before 5. Fortunately, everything went very smoothly (or at least we didn’t notice the things that went wrong) because none of us had the capacity to deal with much adversity. We arrived mid afternoon at our lovely hotel i ... 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