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Day 5 - Istanbul to Ankara 2012

May 6th 2012
Today was a lot slower paced, we had a tour of Hagia Sophia, which was a church, which got destroyed, then rebuilt, then destroyed again, then rebuilt again, then taken over and turned into a mosque, and finally turned into a museum. In its current form, it is over 1500 years old. The Christian mosaic ceilings were plastered over by the Muslim invaders, and only found very recently. It took 11,000 ... 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

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Kiwis On The Move - Mark, Pam, Bree & Zac

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March 2011 - Mark, Pam & Bree, leaving New Zealand for 3 months overseas. Visiting UK, Europe, USA and finishing with a cruise in the Mexican riveria. May 2012 - Mark, Pam & Zac leaving New Zealand for 5 weeks overseas. Visiting Hong Kong, Turkey, UK, France & Italy. May 2014 - Mark & Pam leave New Zealand for 6 weeks overseas where we will visit Dubai, Germany, Austria, Istanbul, Athens, Mykonos, Venice, board a cruise ship for 8 nights and cruise the Med and finish with a Singapore stopover. ... full info

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