Lighthouse

Life in Turkey

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August 20th 2005
I've been in Istanbul for some days now. Today I have somewhat more time to write about what I'm doing, and what's going on. There have been complaints already that I only write short entries to this diary ;-) It's sometimes not so easy to have enough time, to find a good place, and to know what to write. If some strange ı instead of the usual i appears, sorry, it's because of the turkish keyboa ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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