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Back to Istanbul

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October 12th 2013
Geo: 41.0068, 28.9816Woke up to fog in Edirne - the first fog we have seen on the trip - likely due to a temperature inversion. Nice drive through rolling farmland until Istanbul. Then the fun began. On a scale of 1 - 10 the traffic in Vancouver would be 1 and Istanbul 10. They have many merging lanes to contend with and drivers are not at all polite. One can understand why they have a campaig ... 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