Turkey's Magical Highways Day 19 9th grade girls in Urfa

Turkey's Magical Highways Day 19

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October 27th 2014
AWOL -- we skipped out on today's activities which would have included 8+ hours in a small, cramped van and a long hike straight up a mountain with loose stones. The others aren't back yet but we are positive we made the right decision. The bad part is that we won't have seen Mt. Nemrut and the huge statutes of Hercules, Zeus and others that are built at the top by King Antiochus I -- another UNES ... 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