Blue Mosque at night

Beautiful Istanbul!

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December 27th 2012
Lovely Istanbul. What a beautiful city! And for a city of 16 million, it is surprisingly easy to get around. People are friendly, the food is excellent and the history is mind boggling! We love this city! We arrived the evening of Christmas day after fortunately uneventful flights. (Especially watching the snowstorms since then.) We stumbled on Hotel Nena on trip advisors with so many posit ... 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