at Aphrodisias

City of Love

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October 15th 2010
Quick, who is the Goddess of love? Yes, you are right. It was Aphrodite and she had a city built in her honor. Aphrodisias is the ancient city that the first settlers lived in 5000 BC and continued to live in until 1100 AD. Once the city was abandoned, dirt slowly covered the city (and a few earthquakes helped as well) and today it is under excavation in Turkey. I had the privilege to wa ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Kusadasi

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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