Alanya

Endgame in Turkey

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December 24th 2004
The days and nights in Cappadocia were getting increasingly cold so, rather than continue north as I had originally expected, we headed directly south to the city of Mercin on the Mediterranean coast. Here we stayed in a proper hotel with a fire escape, shampoo in the shower and a porno channel on TV. Once again away from the tourist trail things were refreshingly cheap. We shared a decent ... 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