{"id":4584,"date":"2005-11-02T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-02T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2020-12-28T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T18:18:10","slug":"turkey-ankara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=4584","title":{"rendered":"Turkey &#8211; Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankara, the capital of Turkey, boasts a spectacular monument in memory of Atat\u00fcrk and the famous &#8220;Museum of civilization&#8221; that holds some of the oldest artifact on earth. Among which are some Hittite mother earth figurines and some surprisingly modern looking reindeers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-794.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-794.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4585\" class=\"wp-image-4585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-794.png 372w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-794-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-795.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-795.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4586\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-795.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?attachment_id=4586\" class=\"wp-image-4586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-795.png 408w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-795-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were in Istanbul on the anniversary of Atat\u00fcrk&#8217;s death and I was impressed to see traffic come to a stop and people observe a minute of silence in his memory. He brought his country into the 20th century and is still much loved. . He was a visionary. He is the one who outlawed the veil, and gave women the right to vote, 20 years before France did the same!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the flag, there are many legends about it, but a generally accepted interpretation is that it symbolizes the national independence war made between 1919 to 1923. That is when the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the new Turkish Republic settled after a number of wars where many people lost their lives. The red color symbolizes the blood and the star and moon, the independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-796.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-796.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4587\" class=\"wp-image-4587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-796.png 436w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-796-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-797.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-797.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4588\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-797.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?attachment_id=4588\" class=\"wp-image-4588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-797.png 500w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-797-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Take me to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=4590\">Turkey Part 12 &#8211; Conclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankara, the capital of Turkey, boasts a spectacular monument in memory of Atat\u00fcrk and the famous &#8220;Museum of civilization&#8221; that holds some of the oldest artifact on earth. 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