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Day 2 at Istanbul continued - Bosphorus and Black Sea

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September 9th 2011
We popped home to our hotel and then headed on the tram down to Eminonu for a fish sandwich, a corn cob and a ferry ticket. We ignored all the touts trying to get us to go on their Bosphorus tours and went on the public ferry. The 1:45pm sailing was not too crowded. It takes about 1 1/2 hours to sail all the way up the Bosphorus, with about five stops, passing some great sites including th ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Bosporus

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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