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 
Turkiye 05/01/98: Transit: Canakkale to Bergamo
January 27th, 2009 Turkiye I don’t know if it is Turkish beds, the fact I am doing more in a day, or what. At home I am not a good sleeper. I wake up in the night and cannot get back to sleep. I wake up at 5am. Who knows what all. I had no jetlag coming to Turkey [...]
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Tags: Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Atlantic Ocean, Bergamo, Canakkale, Gallipoli, Japanese guest, Philatarus, Seleucus, Transit, Turkish beds, Turkish labor 
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