Spice Market

Day 5 - Thursday in Istanbul

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May 5th 2011
I’ve gotten all mixed up with my days and have lost track of what point we are in our trip. I realized that we flew overnight, so lost a day on arrival. Thus, we landed on day 3, which I mistook to be day 2. Either way, it’s not a big deal, it just throws off my blog a bit. We are currently on day 5, our last full day in Turkey. It was also a day that we chose to take our all-important Gratefu ... 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