WP_20150701_005

1st / 2nd July – Bergama

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July 2nd 2015
The journey to Bergama was fine - acres & acres of lush green fields - & the road through Izmir seemed a lot quicker than coming down – maybe we were just used to it by now? We arrived looking for a different camp site to the one we stayed at when we drove south but no. We remembered that we had tried to find it last time & saw the sign for here, the Berksoy Hotel. It's fine – a grassed area a ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Bergama

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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