Ihlara Valley. Looks like Star Wars to me!

Turkey = Summer 2011

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September 1st 2011
This summer was epic and awesome! After a week in Bulgaria, I flew to Istanbul where my month in Turkey began. Alone in Istanbul for a few days, I explored some mosques, avoided endless carpet salesmen, and met a single male traveler originally from Iraq named Muha (Mohammed). He slipped a note under my hostel door when I was out one day and asked me "out" and I thought it best to accept for an af ... 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