Spice Market

What's with all the flags?

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May 19th 2010
Turkish people say if you make it to the Grand Bazaar, you’ve made it. Money flows like water, along with the tourists, and competition is fierce - largely because the hundreds of shops sell exactly the same things, a lot of which I imagine is made in China. The antique rabbit hole shopping centre looks nice enough though and sparkles with thousands of coloured lanterns, patterned scarfs, intric ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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