Malatya: A very down to earth city

March 14th 2011
THe more 'dangerous' and 'unfriendly' Western Turkishs and the outside World have protraited Eastern Turkey, the more I was excited in finding out the truth. The fact that people have such rumors about the eastern turkey are likely due to the past headlines about the Kurds and their guerilla gangs and killings... I cannot say that the guerilla has all disappeared nowadays but my visit has confirme ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Eastern Anatolia

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

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I am very excited to have discovered this travel blog and looking forward to share my trips with you! As a 22 yrs old, I travelled at least 5 times a year since I was a kid, grew up in Macau, educated in UK, thats why I always describe myself as an 'international guy' during any job interviews lol I am planning to write about places which I would think are less travelled, e.g. Malatya, Eastern Turkey (apricot festival); Sakai-shi 堺市, Japan (place where hundreds of kilometres-wide ancient Japanese Tombs/Kofan dating back to 5th century); Berbers village, Tunisia (lucky I went there last ... full info

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