heads of state

Tour wrap-up

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October 17th 2010
Tour Recap What a Rick Steve’s Tour is like, in my humble experience on the 13 day Turkey Tour, or as I like to call it, Turkey Trot. Our group is 28 people. Our tour guide is from Turkey and well educated. The tour members are range in age from 40- 79. Yes, the oldest is 79 but she has no problem keeping up and carrying her own luggage for blocks (a requirement for Rick Steve’s tours.) A ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Izmir

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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