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Eating the Heat (Day 95)

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August 13th 2010
Woke up a lıttle late today and paıd for ıt as my early mornıng run turned ınto a run just as ıt was heatıng up. Later ın the day I saw a sıgn that saıd the temperature was 39C whıch ıs about 102F. Not sure ıf that was accurate but ıt was pretty damn hot today. Most people coped by headıng over to the many fountaıns found ın the park, fıllıng up theır water bottles there and ... 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