Olympos Photo 3

Olympos

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April 18th 2011
More nice scenery as we headed back towards the sea - Turkey is beautiful! Olympos was really unusual scenery-wise - we were staying in a valley surrounded by steep tree-covered mountains (Jurrasic park-esque), with a mix of wild flowers, cactuses, and forest. A ten minute walk down the river (through the ruins of Olympos) opened up to a beach where I spent most of the day sun-bathing 😊 ... read more

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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