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Overcoming Prejudices through Fairy Tales COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PROJECT IN TURKEY 2013

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Overcoming Prejudices through Fairy Tales

COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PROJECT IN TURKEY

2013

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Turcija - Turkey - Türkiye

Official language: Turkish

Declaration of Republic: 29 October 1923

Capital: Ankara

Largest city: Istanbul

Largest resort: Antalya

Population: 75,627,384 (It is 38 times more than in Latvia ( 2 000 000 inhabitants))

Area: 783 562 km² ( It is 12 times bigger than Latvia)

Bordered by: Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Syria and Iraq.

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Istanbul

Economic, cultural and historical heart of Turkey.

Population: 13,9 million

Istanbul was European Capital of Culture in 2010.

There are many historical monuments in Istanbul – churches, mosques, castles and synagogues.

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Currency

The Turkish lira is currency in Turkey

The Turkish lira’s symbol –

Value:1 Turkish lira = 0.56 U.S. dollars

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Popular People of Turkey

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist, screenwriter and academic.

Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Popular People of Turkey

Servet Tazegül

Sport: Taekwondo

Won gold medal in London 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Popular People of Turkey

Aslı Çakır Alptekin

Sport: Middle- distance

Won gold medal in London 2012

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Football

The most popular sport in Turkey is football.

Turkey's top teams isFenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.

In 2000, Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

Turks are big football fans.

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Dances

There are many types of turkish dance: Bar, Halay, Horon, Zeybek and others.

Turks also have they own national costumes.

Halay

HoronZeybek

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Turkish slippers

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Turkish coffee and plates

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Pamukkale – Cotton castle

The city contains hot springs and terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water.

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Cappadocia - Kapadokya

Kapadokya is a historical region in Central Anatolia. It is a popular tourist destination.

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Stereotypes

It is said that the people have dark skin, dark eyes and black hair.

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Stereotypes

Turkish people have big families

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Stereotypes

Turkish are dangerous people

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Stereotypes

Turkish people are good at trade. They are rich, but at the same times they can be poor.

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Stereotypes

In Turkey, people buy only Mercedes or BMW.

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Stereotypes

Turkish people love to watch soap operas.

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Latvia and Turkey

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Latvia and Turkey

Turkey’s Embassy was opened in Riga in 2005.

Latvia’s Embassy was opened in Ankara in 2005. Latvia’s ex-president Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was participating in opening ceremony.

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Latvia and Turkey

In 2003 Latvia was playing football with Turkey. The luck was in Latvia’s side and Latvia won two times.

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Latvia and Turkey

Turkey won Eurovision Song Contest, which was in Riga in 2003, for the first time with song ‘’Everyway That I Can’ ’by Sertab Erener.

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Thank you for attention!