Terrific tour of the Grand Bazaar 02 Palace

Terrific tour of the Grand Bazaar

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April 21st 2006
Geo: 41.0976, 28.6816Managed to sleep for a few hours on the bus until we stopped at 4am for half an hour. We finally arrived at Istanbul at 8am. Our group got on a minibus and drove to our hotel. We weren't able to check into our rooms which was annoying us, as we felt feral and wanted a shower after being on a bus for 12 hours. Hussein told us that we could have breakfast at the hotel, as ... 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