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Turkish Western Mediterranean

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September 28th 2004
We felt some earth tremors in Datca. "Its nothing", smiled the locals,"Don't worry". At 6 O'Clock on the Tuesday morning there was an earthquake measured at 5.6 on the Richter scale. I woke first with the bed shuffling beneath me. Linda awoke with a squeal a couple of seconds later. We hugged each other frozen on the bed as the earthquake proceeded for perhaps 10 or 15 seconds. We ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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