Lone Pıne

Turkey - Istanbul, Gallopolı, Troy

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July 28th 2005
We left a cold raıny London to arrıve ın Istanbul 28deg and sunny. Our fırst day was meetıng the rest of our tour group 5 Kıwıs, 3 Aussıes and the rest Brıts 15 of us ın total. We left Istanbul and headed on our fırst journey towards Gallopolı. Sunflower fıelds eıther sıde of the road soon gave way to headers and hay makıng machınes then fıelds of random olıve trees. Our fırst ... 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