Antakya - St Peter's Church

Cilician Armenia: Antakya to Adana

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October 12th 2010
6 Oct, Yumartalik to Antakya On a bright morning we drove east through gently rolling countryside on backroads until all of a sudden we rounded a bend and joined some brand new and very empty toll motorway. This looked like it must be associated with the oil terminals that soon came into view. The coastline from just east of Yumartalik until we left it at Iskenderun - at least an hour's drive - w ... 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