Sunrise Day 3

Chaka-rom on the blue Mediteranian

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August 30th 2006
Hello agaın. Latest and last blog postıng from Turkey for thıs trıp. At the moment I am in Antalya, on my way to getting to Damascus by Saturday. Which means the Turkey portion of my vacation is effectively over. So, to bring things up to date, for most of the last five days I was on a cruise through the southern Mediteranian going from Fethiye to Olympos. The ship we were on had 16 passenge ... 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