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Let The Rabbit Read Your Fortune

September 6th 2010
As I'm writing this, I'm sitting on a rooftop patio overlooking the Bosphorous Strait. Rusty cargo ships crawl through the water as storm clouds follow them. Bob Marley is singing “No Woman No Cry” in the background. The hostel owner smokes a cigarette and tickles her daughter who giggles and shrieks. But first let's back up by looking at my first few days in Istanbul. My flight from Edmonton ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

Turkish Flag 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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