Last day of Geckos 02 Inside

Last day of Geckos

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April 22nd 2006
Geo: 41.0976, 28.6816Skipped the crappy Turkish breakfast and met the rest of the group and Hussein. We walked to the Blue Mosque. Before we went in we had to take off our shoes. It was large inside. Inside there are lots of lights, stained glass windows and blue paint is the main colour that decorates the wall. This is the only mosque that has six minarets, most have four. Us younger ones wen ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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