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Presentation of Turkey by the Comenius Turkish Delegation in Gödöllö.
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TURKISH FLAG
Turkey is a country which located on two continents, Asia and Europe.Capital city of the Turkey is Ankara and the largest city is İstanbul.
Capital: AnkaraLargest City: İstanbulOfficial Language: TurkishGovernment: Parliamentery RepublicCurrency: Turkish Lira (TL)Population: 73 million
Founder: Mustafa Kemal AtatürkPresident: Abdullah GülPrime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Mustafa Kemal The Founder Of Turkish Republic
Our country is surrounded by three seas.
Black SeaEa
gean
Sea
Meditereanian Sea
FESTIVALS
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from
dawn until sunset.
A crescent moon can be seen over palm trees at sunset marking the beginning of the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Sacrificy Festival is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. Muslims who can afford to buy a sheep, a cow or a lamb deliver the meat to friends,
neighbours, poor and needy people.
NATIONAL FESTIVALS
Childrens’ Day had its origin in Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey was established on 1920, April 23, and to commemorate the event, April 23 was proclaimed a national holiday in 1921. Since 1927 it has also become Children's Day, an official holiday
dedicated to the children of Turkey and the world. The day is celebrated annually in Turkey with spectacular activities.
Celebrating Childrens’ Day in Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Youth Day (The Commemoration of Atatürk) is an annual Turkish national holiday celebrated on May 19 to commemorate the start of the Turkish War of Independence.
Republic Day: On October 29, 1923, the Turkish constitution was amended and Turkey became a republic. This formally declared the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. In observance of the holiday, government offices and schools close for a
day. Also, there are fireworks shows in all cities of Turkey. That day everyone commemorates Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
SOME SIGHTSEEINGS OF OUR COUNTRY
Cappadocia: The famous fairy chimneys
Ölüdeniz (Deadsea)
Ortaköy Mosque / İstanbul
Sultanahmet Mosque / İstanbul
Mardin Houses / Mardin
Ancient Ruins in İzmir
Ancient Ruins in İzmir
Nemrut Mount
PAMUKKALE
Sümela Monastery
Trojan Horse
İstiklal Avenue: The Most Famous Avenue in İstanbul
Topkapı Palace
KAŞIKÇI DIAMOND
Mor Hananyo Monastery in Mersin
CELEBRITIES
Tarkan is a famous pop singer in Turkey
Sertab Erener has won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003
Fire of Anatolia
SPORTS
Turkey was in the 3rd place in World Football Championship in 2002
Galatasaray has won the UEFA Cup and Super Cup in 2000
Turkey was in the 2nd place in World Basketball Championship in 2010
TURKISH FOOD
Döner Kebab is a Turkish dish made of lamb meat. It cooked on a vertical spit and sliced off
to order and served wrapped in bread with salad.
İskender Kebab is another famous meal of Northwestern Turkey and takes its name from its inventor, İskender Efendi, who lived in Bursa in the late
19th century.It is a kind of döner kebab prepared from thinly cut grilled lamb or beef
basted with tomato sauce over pieces of bread and generously slathered with melted butter and yogurt.
Mantı dumplings consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or ground beef, in a dough wrapper, either boiled or steamed.
Mantı are typically served topped with yogurt and garlic and spiced with red pepper powder and melted butter, and topped with ground
sumac and dried mint.
İmambayıldı is braised eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes.
Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire.Perhaps the best-known is the grape-leaf dolma.
Common vegetables to stuff include eggplant, tomato and pepper.The stuffing may or may not include meat.
Meat dolma are generally served warm, often with sauce;meatless ones are generally served cold with yogurt.
Tarhana soup is a dried-yogurt based soup.
DESSERTS
GÜLLAÇ
TURKISH DELIGHT
Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey.
Kabak tatlısı is a famous Turkish dessert which is made of pumpkin.
DRINKS
Ayran is a yogurt-based beverage. It is a mixture of yogurt, cold water, and sometimes salt. Ayran is usually served chilled, and is a common accompaniment to döner, kebab, etc.
Turkish tea is a type of tea that is popular mainly in the Turkish-speaking countries.
Within Turkey, the tea is usually known as Rize tea.
Virtually all of the tea is produced in the Rize
province, a Turkish province on the Black Sea coast.
Turkish coffee is coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot (cezve), possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup.
ANKARATHE CAPITAL CITY
Population: 5 million
SIGHTSEEINGS IN ANKARA
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
ATAKULE TOWER
KOCATEPE MOSQUE
ESTERGON CASTLE
ALTINPARK
Youth Park
Atatürk’s Monument in Ulus Square
OUR SCHOOL
Teachers’ Room
Our Teachers
Our Classes
School Canteen
School Ground
Project Team
Our Comenius Website:www.ybal-comenius.com
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