Month: July 2008

Süleymaníye

Woke up at 0700, showered, ate breakfast downstairs at hotel (cheese, orange juice) Had first Turkish language lesson by Azul (greetings, letters, numbers) Lecture on the Kurdish Problem in Turkey Visited first mosque (smaller one) in downtown Istanbul – girls had to wear scarves Listened to architecture, traditions of mosque by Tuna Saw world’s first

OKC to Istanbul

Well, I’m laying on my bed at the hotel in Istanbul typing away at my PDA for this post.The country of Turkey is absolutely beautiful with all it’s history and culture.Here is a short recap of my trip so far: Take off from OKC to Detroit Land in Detroit and frantically run from Terminal C

Introduction

I will be traveling to Turkey as part of my summer PDT between my AS300 and 400 years in Air Force ROTC. I will be gone for close to two weeks in Istanbul with fifteen other cadets and one cadre member. This PDT is a ‘cultural immersion’ program where our group will be visiting and