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

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