Archive for the turkey Category

December 26, 2009 / europe, turkey

Istanbul, a city of three names

Istanbul, a city of three names

Istanbul was the capital of the Ottoman Empire until the revolution of Ataturk, the father of the Turkish homeland. This, like to erase all the influence of the caliphs and the official Islam hitherto

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December 16, 2009 / europe, turkey

Hagia Sophia: Byzantine jewel between Europe and Asia

Hagia Sophia: Byzantine jewel between Europe and Asia

Straddling Europe and Asia, Turkey offers an intoxicating display of concentrated flavors and odors in mosques, traditional eastern neighborhoods, gardens, and above all, the Bosphorus and the Golden

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