Eastern style

Bathroom behavior

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October 8th 2010
It’s only a bathroom It’s the beginning of a long night. It’s 10 pm and the train leaves at 10:30, arriving to Ankara at 7:30 am. Thank goodness it’s a sleeping cart with bunk beds and we even had our own sink. We were told not to go to the bathroom while the train is in the station since the bathroom runs directly outside to the tracks. Knowing this, I used the restroom in the train stat ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara

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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