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Turkey- Cappadocian Sights

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November 15th 2010
We headed out to tour Cappadocia on our bus after returning from out dawn balloon flight. Our first stop of our tour of Cappadocia was the Underground City (2*+); this was an unexpected stop for me as I hadn't read the itinerary in minute detail but it was quite a highlight. During times of conflict the people in the Cappadocian area had built underground rooms hewn from the soft Tuffa stone. O ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

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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