Phaselis

More ancient Turkish delights!

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May 1st 2012
Lycean tombs and Hadrian's gate (one of many scattered around the Roman Empire), Aspendos. Where else in the world could you eat at a restaurant that has a 5th C BC cistern on its premises? We ate at Smiley 's on the waterfront in Kas. A few years ago their dishwasher fell through theflooring into what turned out to be a Lycean water storage reservoir! ... 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