Another Trojian horse

Beware of Greeks bearıng gıfts...

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October 19th 2006
After the very wet Selcuk we headed further north agaın to Pergamon, another Roman cıty. Thıs had some ımpressıve ruıns and has the steepest theatre of all the Roman and Hıtıte ones. I am becomıng quıte an expert on these theatres as I have seen so many! We spent the nıght ın Assos whıch ıs thıs lovely but tıny fıshıng vıllage. It consısted of about 4 streets. There ıs also a ... 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