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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

From Atatürk to Erdogan Building a Nation

 

Turkey’s history has been shaped by two major figures: Mustafa Kemal, known as ‘Atatürk’ (Father of the Turks), Westerniser and founder of the modern state and current president Recip Tayyip Erdogan wanting to restore Turkey’s Ottoman era dominance.



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Thursday, December 15, 2022

HAGIA SOPHIA UNVEILT

 

Standing since 537, Hagia Sophia was the largest Christian basilica in the world for a millennium. Converted into a mosque during the conquest of Byzantium, its beauty will inspire Ottoman architecture. In 1934, the Turkish Republic transformed it into a museum. But its future is uncertain

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