Pants

Consumer in a Foreign Land

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May 4th 2011
The general sense I get around here is that Turkey is hoping to gain entrance into the EU, but there are forces within the Union that are resistant. While there are a multitude of reasons why people are against it, I'm sure, it seems that Turkey has been scrambling to modernize their country and catch up with the rest of Europe. Personally, at least from what I can see, they're doing a gre ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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