The Ottoman soldiers' point of view.

Quaking in Canakkale and a trip to Gallipoli.

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July 24th 2015
Friday 24 July: A noisy night with people both in and outside of the hotel and then a very shaky start to the day as at 5:39am a magnitude 4.8 earthquake with its epicentre just across the water in Eceabat occurred. This was actually the third in an hour but was the strongest and woke Heather and I, and most of the rest of the town. It was quite shallow at about 7km so we rocked rat ... read more

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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