Topkapi Entrance Hall

September 29th 2010
The Topkapi Palace and Aya Irene Monk allocated the best part of today to explore the Topkapi Palace. It's physically the largest site on the Istanbul itinerary. There's a great deal to see and it takes a long time to do it properly, made longer by the queues one has to join to see some of the exhibits. The palace was the seat of government of the Ottoman Empire and the reside ... 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

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TravelsWithNellie

This is the blog of a man called Monk and an elephant answering to the name of Nellie. For 35 years, Monk and his beautiful Irene had such a wonderful life and shared so many adventures together until one day in April 2009 when Irene was called back to the jungle with so much left yet to do. Monk determined to continue those adventures and to take Irene with him in his heart. Some might consider it a sign of impending insanity to be found apparently talking to oneself - so - enter Nellie to save the day because, as we all know, 9 out of 10 psychiatrists would agree that it's perfectly no... full info

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