The Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet)

The Blue Mosque Through and Through

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July 21st 2011
“The Blue Mosque is this way. I will show you,” said a friendly middle-aged man who saw Phil and me dithering at a corner trying to decide which way to go. “Come,” he said, “It is this way.” And he led us forward. “I am not a guide,” he reassured us. “I have a shop near the mosque. A carpet shop. Very nice carpets”. “We’re not buying any carpets,” I said firmly. “We ... 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