Spice Bazaar

Second to last day in Istanbul

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June 3rd 2011
I did not awaken until around 9:30 am, which was a shocker because you could call me anything except late for breakfast since we had been in Turkey. I groggily got up and dressed and we headed up to breakfast around 10:30 (breakfast is over at 11, walk quickly!) we get to the hotel and Lynn asks us if we were up late partying since we were so late; we then told her about the previous night. Sh ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul » Sirkeci

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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