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Day 7: The Journey Home
Today is the day of departure. I woke up fairly early in my windowless hotel room. Still, the gentle light filtering in from behind the...

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Jul 23, 20251 min read


Day 6: Dreams in the Sky and a Heartfelt Farewell
Today was the day I had been waiting for… for a very, very long time.Yes — this was the day of the hot air balloon flight . In fact, I...

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Jul 21, 20253 min read


Day 5: A Morning of Magic and a Night of Mysticism
Today, we woke up voluntarily at dawn with just excitement. We had heard that hundreds of hot air balloons would be flying right past our...

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Jul 17, 20252 min read


Day 4:Off to Cappadocia – The Land of Dreams
Today was the long-awaited day — our flight to Cappadocia! Although we didn’t have much time to enjoy the hotel breakfast, we shared a...

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Jul 14, 20252 min read


Day 3: Sacred Spaces, Sea Breezes, and the Taste of Home
After another delicious breakfast overlooking the Bosphorus — a quiet ritual that was already starting to feel like home — we set off for...

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Jul 12, 20253 min read


Day 2: Crossing Paths, Coffee, and the City’s Layers
Good mo-ni-ng! Still half asleep in bed, my roommate and I greeted each other with soft smiles and the joy of meeting again. We weren’t...

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Jul 10, 20253 min read


A Note Before the Journey Begins
This trip through Turkey was more than sightseeing — there were also moments of stillness, of returning inward. While this blog traces...

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Jul 9, 20252 min read
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