Grand Bazaar

Turkey

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July 9th 2005
During the season I had the opportunity to travel to Turkey. It was basically my first trip to a country where English isn't the first language. Immediately I found a little confusion and things different when the person sent to pick me up, lost where he had parked his car and I was put in a taxi, with no one speaking English! The 4 laned roads, quickly became 8 lanes, with little adherence to la ... 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