Last Day in Istanbul

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October 19th 2012
This is my last full day in Istanbul and I spent it seeing "odds and ends". There were several minor places on my list that I wanted to see if I had time. First thing this morning I took the passenger ferry across to the Asian side so I could watch the sunrise light up the Old City. (Okay, so it was more like 9 AM, but the effect of the morning sun was the same!) I took another ferry to a differen ... 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