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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By katymc | Views [371] | Scholarship Entry
I descend the marble staircase, cross the tiled floor of my hotel’s entrance hall, and head towards the morning air of Sultanahmet, just as the dawn breaks to the east of modern Istanbul. My hotel is a fine address, some seven stories tall, which stands ... Read more >
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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 | By tshewangsadventure | Views [463] | Scholarship Entry
Before breaking off for home we had agreed to have a nice get-together pointing the fact that one of our group mates had birthday next day. The group came up with the wonderful idea of playing anonymity; like secret Santa. Out of austerity, I got the ... Read more >
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By r8chel | Photo Gallery
Summer in Turkey!
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By r8chel | Views [387]
Mert squirmed in front of me, focusing on the plastic nozzle. Huffing and puffing smoke as though it could save his life.
He had taken me to the legendary mermaid’s bay, where he asserted in his deep slow voice, “A fisherman found her, ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [3085]
A steamy Turkish bath would be the highlight of this blustery Istanbul day! After a delicious breakfast Ali and I set out, and I had to find a place to stay for the next couple of nights because he told me his flatmates didn't like me staying there; ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1700]
This morning I woke up fairly late at 9:30, which is extremely late for this journey. In Ethiopia I was up everyday by about 7 AM but sometimes much earlier. These days it's known as Istanbul but I'd visit one landmark built during the days of Constantinople ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1622]
Onto the metro of İstanbul I go and suddenly I feel like I'm back in civilization. After two tough months in Ethiopia and Somaliland I feel like I'm reborn and back into a land where I can go to Burger King and Starbucks and it's actually cool enough ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Turkısh delight on a moonlit night
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Tue, 5 Mar 2013 | By nlekka | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
“When you want to make someone fall in love with you, you put cinnamon in the meatballs. Not cumin. Cumin is strong and makes people keep to themselves. Cinnamon softens them up. It makes them want to open up and look at each other’s eyes.... Read more >
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Sun, 3 Mar 2013 | By yarsen | Views [326] | Scholarship Entry
Istanbul – 14 million people – three empires – two continents – one day – and a lot of cats. This city belongs to the cats – really cool, without any trace of intimidation by human presence, they walk the streets, the parks, the cafes, the restaurants, ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 | By naz1978 | Views [905] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Turquoise ear-rings , plastic buckets, pistachios from Iran, coal-stoves, 1000-count rosaries. I am in the bazaar in front of Rumi’s tomb in southern Turkey on a cold December morning. Errand boys scurry with trays of tea, summoned by walkie-talkies from ... Read more >
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Sun, 3 Feb 2013 | By nicki_drab | 
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Turkish Blue
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Sun, 20 Jan 2013 | By saskia17 | Views [177]
The first leg of our journey went relatively smoothly. Dalaman to İstanbul, no prob, except for neing stung 45tl excess baggage dispite our hand luggage being well under the allowed amount! Anyone would think our main luggage was going on a seperate plane ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By nadiamar | Views [386]
This is an example of the beauty of colors and architeture found in the common streets of Erzurum. An old matress in the forefront and an old tomb of Selcuk period in the background. Erzurum, Eastern Anatolia of Turkey, November of 2012.
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By nadiamar | Views [2083]
The passion for sport is also a mark of Anatolian people. Here, the symbol of Trabzon football team and a sign with the words in turkish “Bize her yer Trabzon”, that means “For us, everywhere is Trabzon”, referring to a city in ... Read more >
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