TURKEY: Sevket Özay Primary School - Kocaeli

TURKEYThe Cradle of Civilization

Some Useful Information about Turkey

• Turkey is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast.

• The country's official language is Turkish, which is spoken by approximately 85% of the population as mother tongue.

• Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage.

• The capital city of Turkey is ANKARA. It is located in the middle of Turkey.

• Moreover, Turkey is a tourist attraction. Let’s have a look what we have all together

Originally a church, later a mosque, and now a museum, the Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantines in the 6th

century.(İSTANBUL)

Blue Mosque(İSTANBUL)

Ortaköy Mosque and Bosphorus Bridge(İSTANBUL)

Bosphorus Bridge(İSTANBUL)

Dolmabahçe Palace(İSTANBUL)

Galata Tower(İSTANBUL)

Çırağan Palace(İSTANBUL)

Maiden Tower(İSTANBUL)

AtakuleANKARA

AnıtkabirANKARA

The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is one of the most famous architectural legacies of the Ottoman Empire.

Aspendos in Antalya

Kurşunlu Fall in Antalya

Panoramic view of the Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia(NEVŞEHİR)

Pamukkale in Denizli

Nemrut in Adıyaman

Balıklı Göl(the pools with holy carp ) in Şanlıurfa

Hasankeyf in Batman

Blue Lagoon in Muğla

Yummy

Kebab

Lahmacun

Your love has wrested me away from me, You're the one I need, you're the one I crave.

Day and night I burn, gripped by agony, You're the one I need, you're the one I crave

NASREDDIN HODJA

• He was a satirical Sufi figure, sometimes believed to have lived during the Middle Ages (around 13th century) and considered a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. He appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but often, too, a fool or the butt of a joke. A Nasreddin story usually has a subtle humour and a pedagogic nature.The International Nasreddin Hodja fest is celebrated between 5–10 July in Aksehir, Turkey every year.

MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI-POET

• “Come, come, whoever you are,Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving,Ours is not a caravan of despair.Even if you have broken your vows a thousand timesIt doesn’t matterCome, come yet again, come”

Şevket Özay Primary School

Break Time

Kindergarden

Some Classes

Teacher’s Room

Head Master Bülent DOĞAN

Deputy Manager Davut AKTAŞ

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TURKEY