| Page Views: 2,530 Last Visit to Istanbul: - | Istanbul, Turkey by Pamela_Peace - last update: Mar 30, 2008 |
Istanbul, where east meets west, that great city formerly known as Constantinople stands majestically on the Bosporus, having watched empire after empire woe and rule her. She is home to the largest concentration of Turkish people. She is steeped in tradition although with the rise to power of Ataturk in the 1920's came reform for the country as a whole: education was modernized, dervish orders were banned, full frenchise was extended to women, man could take but one wife, the Turkish language was purified, just to name a few. |
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mitata Sun May 31, 2009 21:01 UTC
there is no customary for shoes to be removed in schools | gilabrand Tue Jan 2, 2007 07:53 UTC
Didn't know you had to be a soldier to be considered a man. Interesting... | RitchiS1 Thu Feb 12, 2004 17:27 UTC
Nice Instanbul page , love the pics most in the must see area ;-) | mrclay2000 Sat Mar 1, 2003 16:04 UTC
I especially loved seeing the tea runners and hearing the call to prayer while I stayed here. Great page, very informative! |
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