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Industry, Farmland, Waterfront

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October 9th 2013
Geo: 40.1528, 26.408Another road trip day. Travelling from Iznik we went through an industrial area. They definitely do not have a lot of environmental controls on their industries. Lots of haze from the factory smoke. Interesting contrast to the windmills we saw later. We bordered the Sea of Marmara periodically. You could see the freighters headed for the Black Sea and Istanbul. Lots of rollin ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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