x0x So much history, so much beauty in Turkey

By Beth Ashley

Special to the IJ

Posted: 06/14/2011 06:13:00 AM PDT

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Arty Boats tied up at Eminonu on the Bosphorus with Mosque in the 
background. Minarets were...

A yellow sign on the bridge said, "Welcome to Europe."

Our bus-full of tourists slid joyfully across the line, back in Istanbul 
after two weeks seeing the sights and cities of Turkey's Asia Minor.

I had forgotten how many ancient settlements are still being unearthed in 
Turkey. The Greeks were here! The Romans! The Byzantine Christians! And 
the Ottomans, who once ruled most of the Mediterranean world.

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