My name is Nate and I'm a current junior at Missouri State University. I'm majoring in International Relations with a minor in Middle East Studies. I know it sounds complicated, but honestly I'm still trying to figure out what I am going to do with it. Right now all I know is that I am travelling to Istanbul, Turkey. I just want to write about my experience while I am over there and give any readers insight into their current political scene. I am a huge fan of Ataturk (founder of modern day Turkey); he inspired many people to take up arms after World War I against imperialist powers. Erdogan is trying to dispose of his memory and cause. The CHP (Republicna People's Party) has been desparetly trying to appeal to more voters, but Erdogan is trying to make his political party the majority within parliament. More on this later, but feel free for anyone reading this to comment or post any questions and I will try my best to answer all of them. I will not leave until the 21st (a day after my 21st birthday); I just wanted to get this blog up and running. I am travelling through CIEE to take a class called the Modernization of Turkey. I will be looking forward to meeting all of the people I am living with. Finally, I will try my best to upload photoes from my trip. Hope you guys enjoy my blog! The picture below is me when I was in Prague, and the picture below that is of Turkey's founder Ataturk
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Also the last thing I will add is a video of Istanbul...
