ISTANBUL, TURKEY ON OUR OWN (PART 4, including Bosphorus Cruise and Glimpse of Black Sea)—May 17-28, 2013
May 26th 2013 ISTANBUL, TURKEY ON OUR OWN (PART 4, including Bosphorus Cruise and Glimpse of Black Sea)—May 17-28, 2013
We decided to book a cruise through the hotel desk on the Bosphorus that sailed as far north as the Black Sea. What sold us on this particular tour was the fact that they would pick you up and drop you off at your hotel.
So, on a clear, sunny, Sunday after an early breakfast,
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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 
