Topkapi View

It's easy to see why the Turkish sultans built their palace on the point. You can see up and down the Bosphorus and out to the Sea of Marmara. This is looking north with Europe on the left and Asia on the right.

Julie in Istanbul

November 9th 2011
My friend Julie was my first visitor here in Istanbul. It was so wonderful to see her and to have somebody from home come visit. I had three days of vacation November 7-9 for Bayram and am so lucky that she was up for traveling so far for such a short trip. Even though Julie was only here for five days we saw a lot of the city. I had already seen quite a few of the tourist sights, but not all ... read more

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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

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