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Merhaba Turkey

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Merhaba! At the mention of turkey or Cappadocia, everyone will ask "did you go for the hot air balloon"? No doubt, balloons go up every mor ning and fly through the amazing valleys being the most popular hot air balloon ride destination in the world. This is evident in the morning when everyone is willing to wake up at 4-5am just to see the sky littering with close to 100 balloons. With its most hospitable people, beautiful culture, underground cities and hollow caves, Cappadocia is like no other place on this earth that visitors will forget, the memories will be kept for the rest of their lives. Flying back to Istanbul, which is the largest city and principal seaport of turkey, sadly it is not the capital of Turkey. The old walled city of Istanbul stands on a triangular peninsula between Europe and Asia. Sometimes as a bridge, sometimes as a barrier, Istanbul for more than 2,500 years has stood between conflicting surges of religion, culture, and imperi