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Being appropriately dressed to visit a mosque  
   

Being appropriately dressed to visit a mosque

I was asked to don a scarf and coverall to enter the mosque. Just as well the coverall was red - as this colour is good with my skin tone. The arrangement of the scarf was not done well. I should have brought Sue Simpson with me for to avoid these wardrobe malfunctions!
Gallipoli & Istanbul

October 7th 2015
The time we spent on the Gallipoli battlefields was so informative. I thought i knew the history but until I listened to the tour guide, and reading all the information at the various memorials I did not really have the full story. Our Turkish tour guide told the story with such emotion, he had a few of the tour group in tears. <br style="color:� font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ... read more
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Turkish Flag 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
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