Garden at the Tea House

Day 7- Cappadocia - Urgup

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June 16th 2011
We had an early start this morning – 4:00 am. The plan was to take a taxi from the apartment to Taksim Square and then the airport bus to the airport. It turned out that the taxi to the airport wasn’t going to cost much extra and so we opted for that route instead. Initially, Deb was concerned that if the taxi did not turn up we would have to walk up to the Square with all our luggage and s ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia

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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