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I’m not a teacher; I don’t shape young minds and the future of our youth. I’m also not a doctor, preforming medical miracles, taking or extending life. I’m not a fire fighter or EMT, saving lives o...

Bordered by eight countries and straddling two continents, Turkey is a land of contrasts. Cosmopolitan yet full of antiquity, it has ties to the ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman...