Snow in the Taurus Mountains

Antalya to Konya

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April 15th 2011
Today started better than how yesterday ended. The sun was making an effort to break through and the Mediterranean was looking calmer. It was a fairly strong wind last evening and the sea had quite a chop. Our journey today took us through the Taurus Mountains climbing to nearly 2000 metres before arriving at Konya which is situated in a very large valley 1000 metres high. On our trip today we s ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Konya

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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