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The End (Days 104 & 105)

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August 26th 2010
This is my final blog of the trip but sadly it will be the first one I write in the manner that I hoped my blog would be written. Too often when I mentioned to people along the way that I had a travel blog I would shy away from sharing it. Partially, I was afraid to let people in on what I was thinking but mostly it was that I was unhappy with how the blog turned out. Instead of being a well th ... 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