Topkapi palace

To Istanbul

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August 24th 2011
I'm a little nervous flying an airline for the first time, but I had such a nice flight on Romanian carrier Tarom. For a one hour flight, they served a small sandwich and a little cake and free wine. Such a difference from most US carriers that only give you a non-alcoholic drink on short flights. The negative thing was that I arrived at the airport four hours early but I was only allowed t ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul » Sultanahmet

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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