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bilwander: Saint Sofia. Byzantine & Eastern Orthodox (537-1203, 1262-1452) and Catholic (1204-1261) cathedral, mosque (1453-1934), museum (1935-2019), and mosque (2020) ... of the neo-ottoman & religious fanaticism at its climax ... Istanbul, Turkey
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, Konak square
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, Konak square
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, urban scape
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, man angling at the waterfront
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, muslim double faced woman in united colors
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, pigeons with the old customs house in the backdrop
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, teen military cadets showing off in uniform along the seafront
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bilwander: Turkey, Izmir, ...Al bey = red ruler...
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bilwander: Turkey. Izmir promenade, an aged Imam, and middle aged man verbally teasing passing-by girls
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bilwander: Turkey, Marmaris, statue of Mustafa Kemal gazing ... westwards ...
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bilwander: Turkey, Marmaris, fashion oriental at the secret garden
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bilwander: Turkey, Marmaris, fancy nationalism
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bilwander: Turkey, Gallipoli, statue of WWI corporal Seyit Cabuk
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bilwander: Turkey, Kusadasi, white world on black background
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bilwander: Turkey, Kusadasi, flags of bloodsheds along with words of 'peace' ...
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bilwander: Aydin, Kemal Ataturk's portrait, 'father' of 'modern' secular Turkey; Gross Nationalism meddling with Neottoman Revisionism/Islamism
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bilwander: Turkey. Ephesus, library of Celcus and a Hellenistic stele with Greek text
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bilwander: Turkey, Ephessos, japanese group pose from reverse side
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bilwander: Turkey, Aphrodisias, double tetrapylon, monumental gate
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bilwander: Turkey, Canakkale, trojan horse posers
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bilwander: Turkey. Canakkale, Troy, feline acrobatics
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bilwander: Turkey .... neo ottoman illusions / militaristic fashions
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bilwander: Turkey, Ankara, ataturk's mausoleum
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bilwander: Turkey, Ankara outskirts, residential tenements
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bilwander: Turkey, Ankara, Museum of Anatolian civilizations, rhyton
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bilwander: Turkey, Cappadocia, Urgup, fairy chimneys
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bilwander: Turkey, Cappadocia, Kaymakli, ice cream vendor
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bilwander: Turkey, Cappadocia, Aksaray, Sultanhani caravanserai
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bilwander: Turkey, Konya, Mevlana museum, mausoleum of sufi Jalal ad-din Muhammad Rumi