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Hadrian's Archway

Ephesus at last.

May 5th 2013
Geo: 37.8605, 27.2566For many years I have wanted to travel to the amazing ancient site of Ephesus in Turkey. The extensive archaeological excavations here have only unearthed about 18% of the site but what is there is impressive (to quote our guide, Fatih, who must have used the word over a hundred times!) There is an interesting mixture of the earlier Greek and later Roman buildings though the ... read more
Middle East » Turkey

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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