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Famed British explorer Freya Stark once wrote: “There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption, and of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical.” Capture ...

(CNN) — The ancient Lycians knew a thing or two about democracy. Two thousand years ago, the one-time rulers of modern-day Turkey’s southwestern corner had a fully functioning democratic federation ...