Entrance to Grand Bazaar

Turkey Season Ends

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August 17th 2011
Days 5 to 7 The days are starting to blur together and, surprisingly, we don’t have much time to update our blog between all the shopping and traveling, so we’re going update a couple days at a time from here out. We made our way to the Blue Moss where the women had to cover themselves and the men had to wear pants in the 90 degree heat. The Blue Moss was quite a specimen and I said a couple ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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