Istanbul - Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, Yerebatan Cistern, Topkapi Palace and Spice Market
November 25th 2006 Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006
We began the day with a full buffet breakfast at the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, with lovely views over the neighboring rooftops and the Bosphorous.
Our guide Suleyman Avar picked us up at 08:45 AM and were among the first to arrive at the sight of the Hippodrome in the Sultanahmet neighborhood. Two obelisks marked the area. The older one made of solid granite from
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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 
