Today we visit the beaches of Gallipoli on the Dardenelles. A little history:
In World War I, Turkey sided with Germany and Austria. The Russians wanted a warm water port and had designs on Turkey. Turkey would have sided with the British, French, and Russians if they had gotten assurances that France and Britain would [...]
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04/29/98: Canakkale and Gallipoli
January 27th, 2009 
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05/14/98: Ankara Sights and Shops
January 26th, 2009 Turkiye I awoke about 6:30 and wrote for a while. After all I did not have last evening to write and I don’t have this evening. But the proximity of the opera house is really nice. Ataturk liked the opera. There is a statue of him outside. I guess it was part of his attempts to [...]
