Kunsunlu falls

Aspendos revisited

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May 20th 2011
When we were staying in Kemer 9 further back along the coast towards Antalya) 2 years ago, we went by bus to Aspendos to see an opera being performed in one of the largest and best preserved Roman theatres still in use today. It has seating for 15000 people and we took our cushions as the Romans used to do to sit comfortably on the hard seats. We noticed we were the only ones on the bus with cushi ... 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