Cleopatra's Baths

Turkey's Magical Highways Day 13

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October 21st 2014
Day 13, October 21, 2014 -- Today, we anchored near a beach next to Cleopatra's Baths. I suggested to our guide that for future trips he ought to bring along the movie of Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton. Many of us (me included) had to be brought up to speed on Cleopatra. I am not sure if the facts are correct, but she was 15 when she died after having married Mark Antony and Juli ... 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