TURKEY

Buharkent Zafer Secondry School

WHERE IS TURKEY ?

Turkey is a bridge between Asia and Europe.

It is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Turkey also borders Greece, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Russia, and Georgia. The capital of Turkey is Ankara.

Main cities in Turkeyİstanbul ,İzmir, Ankara and Bursa are four of the biggest cities in Turkey.

Istanbul

The Maiden's Tower

It is the most crowded city in Turkey. Approximately 13,5

million people live there.

Ankara

The Kızılay Square

Ankara

Atatürk's Mouselum`Anıtkabir`

İzmir

İzmir Clock Tower

The Cumhuriyet Square

People with Turkish flags on 29 October `The Republic Day`

izmir

Bursa

Bursa is the birth place of The Ottoman Empire

BursaBursa is famous for Mount Uludağ and silk clothing.

Silkworm cocoon

TURKEY FACTS

Turkish is spoken in Turkey. It has got eight vowels and twenty-one consonants. We use Latin characters since 1928.

Turkish flag is red and there is a moon and a star. Our flag's shape arised from the reflection of the sky (The New Moon and Jupiter) onto a blood pond in the Independence War.

IN TURKEY WE USE TURKİSH LİRA `TL`

Mount Ağrı is the highest mountain in Turkey

Turkey has got long Mediterannean Beaches.

The Kızılırmak River is the longest one in Turkey.

Ayder plateu is in Trabzon.

Pamukkale is in Denizli.

The Cappodocia district is in Central Anatolia region.

Ephesus and The Roman Library of Celsus is in İzmir.

Tourist Attractions

The house of Virgin Mary is in Ephesus, İzmir.

Aydın Kuşadası has got sandy and long beaches.

Topkapı Palace is in İstanbul.

Hagia Sophia Mosque, İstanbul

History of Turkey

The Ottoman Empire was found in 1281 by Ertuğrul Gazi in Bursa.

The conquest of İstanbul in 1453 by Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

The Turkish army fought bravely against enemies under the command of great leader Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK in World War I.

The TurkIsh Republic was founded on 29th of OctOber 1923.

Mustafa kemal atatürk has made lots of revolutions and reforms to establish a modern powerful republic.

TRADITIONAL FOOD

Stuffed grape leaves with olive oil Stuffed green peppers with rice and olive oil

TRADITIONAL FOOD

Chicken meat Kebap and Adana Kebap served with fresh vegetables.

TRADITIONAL FOODLahmacun (Turkish pizza) and pide. Both of them are mince meat on a piece of baked dough.

Cacık; garlic yogurt with cucumber

TRADITIONAL FOOD

This is “baklava” The most famous Turkish dessert.

And this is “künefe” a dessert with melted cheese in it.

Famous People

Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK (1881- 1938) He is the great leader and statesman of modern Turkish Republic.

Sertab Erener

A beautiful, talented famous pop singer. She won the Eurovision song contest in 2003 with her song “Everyway that I can”

Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu 1894-1973

He was a Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was an ashik, a poet, songwriter, and a bağlama virtuoso. He was blind for most of his lifetime. His songs are usually sad tunes, often talking about the inevitability of death. However he does use a wide range of themes for his lyrics; based on morals, values and constant questioning on issues such as love, care, beliefs and how he "sees" the world as a blind man.

Sinan the Architect 1490-1588

He was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: "Mimar") and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificient, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than three hundred major structures and other more modest projects. His apprentices would later design the Sultan Ahmet Mosque in İstanbul, Stari Most in Mostar and help design the Taj Mahal in the Mughal Empire. His masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, although his most famous work is the Suleiman Mosque in İstanbul.

Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is in Unesco’s world cultural heritage list.

Interior view of Selimiye Mosque.

Our School is located in Buharkent AYDIN.

Atatürk Street in Buharkent

Traditional camel wrestling in Buharkent

It rarely snows in Buharkent. The territory is green most of the year.

Merhaba HelloGünaydın Good morningİyi akşamlar Good eveningHoşça kal Good byeNasılsın? How are you?İyiyim, teşekkür ederim Fine, thanksAdın ne? What is your name?Benim adım… My name is …Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum Nice to meet youÜzgünüm I’m sorryMutlu yıllar Happy new yearÇok yaşa God bless youGörüşürüz See you.

Common Vocabulary

Thanks;This presentation is the final outcome of several power point

files that our students prepared. All the students below studied hard for this work with their teachers Beyza and Metin’s guidance.

Cihat Cebeci Berna Sincer Ezgi AkgünBernaKaradana Suzan Civlez Selin AynaoğluBahar Öztürk Emine Çetin Şeyma DağHatice Kaya Tuğba Özbek Selen BalcıoğluBetül Bellek İsmail Derelioğlu Mustafa Ali ÖzÖzgür Kahyaoğlu Ümithan Çakır Zehranur Cankara

Fatmanur Balıkçı Beyza Arıkan