Sunset on Gulet

Turkey's Magical Highways Day 12

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October 21st 2014
We boarded the gullet last night and had a restful evening as the boat gently rocked side by side. I felt like a baby in it's cradle. We made land on a small beach in the Bay of Gemiler and visited Kayakoy, a Greek "ghost town". During the 1920's The Anatolian Greeks were relocated to Greece and the Turks that were in Greece were relocated back to Turkey. This was the aftermath of the Turkish War ... 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