Sumela Monastery near Trabzon, Turkey

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Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. Located near Trabzon you find the magnificent Sumela Monastery, a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The monastery is nestled in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 metres.

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938)