Fun facts about the country Turkey. Great presentation to do in classroom, for school projects, homework or case studies
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1. TURKEY
2. Where is Turkey?
3. Turkey Population 80 Million (17th in the world) Largest
City Istanbul (13.6 million) Economy: $1 Trillion (17th in the
world) Democracy, Secular, Republic Founded in 1923 99% Islamic 1%
Christian & Jewish Land Border Total: 2,648 km & Coast Line
Total: 7,200 km Border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km,
Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq
352 km, Syria 822 km
4. How Big is Turkey? Turkey 303,000 sq ft > Texas 268,000
sq ft Texas 37th Biggest Country by size
5. East & West
6. People
7. People
8. Food
9. Beaches
10. Lands
11. & More
12. Turkey is a very old land Pot Belly Hill BC 9500 (11,500
yrs ago) Hattians ca. 2500-ca. 2000 BC Alexander the Great 334-ca.
301 BC Akkadian Empire ca. 2400-ca. 2150 BC Seleucid Empire ca.
305-64 BC Assyrian trading colonies ca. 1950-1750 BC Kingdom of
Pontus ca. 302-64 BC Hittites ca. 1680 BC-1220 BC Attalids of
Pergamon 282-129 BCE Ionian Collusion ca. 1300 BC-700 BC Kingdom of
Armenia 190 BC-428 Neo-Hittite Kingdoms ca. 1200-800 BC The Roman
Republic 133-27 BC Phrygian Kingdom ca. 1200 BC-700 BC The Roman
Empire 27 BC-330 AD Troy I-VIII ca. 3000 BC-700 BC The Byzantine
Empire 330-1453 Lydian Kingdom ca. 685-547 BC Ottoman Empire
1299-1922 Achaemenid Persia ca. 559-331 BC The Republic of Turkey
1922-present
13. Pot Belly Hill (BC 10,000) Oldest Temple & Monument
Predates Wheel and Pottery 2,000 Year Older than Second (Catalhoyuk
also in Turkey)
14. Different Civilizations
15. Byzantine Empire (300-1453)
16. Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)
17. First Shopping Mall Kapalicarsi: Covered Bazaar 61 Streets,
4,000 Stores (250,000-400,000 Visitors a day) Started to build
1455, ended 1730
18. First Money Money Coin Invented in Turkey Lydians BC
700
19. First Pastrami Pastrami originates from Turkish Nomads
Turkish: pastrma, Romanian: pastram, Yiddish: The horseback
saddles, the meat was placed between the saddle and the horse and
pressed by the weight of the riders, pressing the meat while it
cured. pastrme
20. First Coffee Shop Coffee Shop originated in Turkey (1555
first one in Istanbul) (Ethiopia 1500s) 1600s came in France,
thanks to the Ottoman Ambassador to Paris
21. Only City on Two Continents Istanbul (Settled since BC
5000) AD 350 300,000 , AD 500 500,000 1600 700,000
22. Oldest Standing Church St. Paul was born in Southeast of
Turkey, AD 5 67 Oldest standing Church in the world, in a cave in
Turkey Cave Church of St. Peter, AD 40. Still active
23. Is Turkey from Turkey First Settlers identified Wild Turkey
as Guinea Fowl they knew They knew Guinea Fowl as Turkey Fowl since
it came through Turkey In Turkey/Catalan/Hebrew (Indian), In
Malaysia (Dutch), In Greece (French), In Egypt (Greek Bird)
24. Invention of Yogurt Yogurt comes from Turkey It is 4000
5500 years old High in protein and calcium Came to the US in 1920
Produced by Good bacteria The word yomak to be curdled or
coagulated; to thicken How milk was first cultured into yogurt
remains a mystery L. Bulgarius
25. Good Bacteria in Yogurt We all have bacteria (Stomach and
intestines especially) When you eat yogurt, it encourages the good
types of bacteria to multiply in our body. Good and friendly
bacteria also protect our system against harmful microorganisms
which cause tummy aches and infection..
26. The Idea of Vaccines People did not germs Few intuitive
observant developed variolation Small pox, made a cut, find out
lifelong immunity Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English
aristocrat who married a diplomat to Istanbul Lost brother to small
pox, and lost her own beauty. Got her kids variolated Brought to
Royal Family, and became popular in Europe (1718) 1790 Dr. Edward
Jenner developed safer method vaccination
27. Tulip Mania in Europe Ambassador to Ottoman Empire in 1554
1630s the Dutch Market trading tulips in stock market Some flowers
changed hands 10 times a day By 1635, a sale of 40 bulbs for
100,000 florins (also known as Dutch guilders) was recorded. By way
of comparison, a ton of butter cost around 100 florins, a skilled
laborer might earn 150 florins a year 1637 ended
28. Ataturk: George Washington of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
(1881-1938) Lead the independence war against
France/Greece/Britain/Italy Established democracy Be the first
president and did not want o become king
29. April 23- International Childrens Day
30. Why Childrens Day? Turkey become a democracy on April 23,
1920 while fighting an Indepence war
31. What do we do on Childrens Day? We celebrate all over the
nation We dance We wear special clothes We draw pictures Kids take
over offices from adults
