The Eye

It looks kitschy and touristy, but everybody here has them. All the Turkish teachers I know have an eye on their car's rearview mirror or a bracelet or something. It wards off evil like the khamisa in Morocco.

The Grand Bazaar

August 27th 2011
The Grand Bazaar is amazing. It was established in 1453 by Mehmet II and the architecture is almost my favorite part. It is one giant building, the size of several city blocks, surrounded by a medieval wall with 15 gates (as far as I can tell). The gates are all numbered and my favorite area was around gate 12. It is a quiet area, but compared with the rest of the bazaar anything would be. There ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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

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