“THE SEASONS”

COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PROJECTS

Scoala Gimnaziala nr. 11 Brasov - Romania

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT PARTENERS

?Autors :Aanicai Elena, Aldea Delia , Bodeanu Roxana , Vasilache

Ramona8th grade

Teacher : Radu Georgeta

TURKEY

Ankara

Ankara (Turkish pronunciation historically known with the names Ancyra and Angora) is the capital of Turkey since the empire's fall in 1923 and the country's second largest city, Istanbul being the largest. The city has a mean elevation of 938 metres

ISTANBUL• Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey,

constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a population of 13.9 million, the city forms one of the largest urban agglomeration in Europe and is the second-largest city in the world by population within city limits. Istanbul's vast area of 5,343 square kilometers) is coterminous Istambul Province, of which the city is the administrative capital. Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling theBosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies in Europe, while a third of its population lives in Asia.

IZMIR

BURSA

Greetings in Turkish

•Merhaba -Good afternoon• Iyi - Hi

• İyi geceler- Good night

teşekkürler- Thanks

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk •Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (pronounced 19 May 1881 – 10 November 1938 was a Turkish army officer in the Ottoman military, revolutionary statesman, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.

Ferit Orhan Pamuk • Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over eleven million books in sixty languages,making him the country's best-selling writer.

• Born in Istanbul, Pamuk is Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing.[4] His novels include The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow

Baclava Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is characteristic of the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire, but is also found in Central and Southwest Asia.

Kenafeh

Kenafeh also spelled knafeh, kunafeh, or kunafah, is a Levantine cheese pastry soaked in sweet sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions belonging to the former Ottoman Empire. Knafeh or Kunafeh Cheescake recipe variations) is a dessert specialty of the Levant, especially in Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Israel among Syria and northern Egypt. It is a first cousin of the Greek kadaifi and the Turkish künefe and ekmek kadayıfı.

National costumes

This is Turkey !