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1. ITALY
G Ö K Ç E E R S O Y
C A N S U E R N U R

2. ITALY
• Officially the Italian Republic
• The capital city is Rome
• The president is Giorgio Napolitano

3. • With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 5th most
populous country in Europe.
• Literacy rate is 98%
• Their religion is mostly catholic.
• About 96 percent of the population of Italy is Italian,
though there are many other ethnicities that live in
this country.

4. CULTURE
• Italian culture is steeped in the arts, family,
architecture, music and food.
• The official language of the country is Italian. About
93 percent of the Italian population speaks Italian
as native language, according to the BBC. There
are a number of dialects of the language spoken in
the country, including Sardinian, Friulian,
Neapolitan, Sicilian, Ligurian, Piedmontese,
Venetian and Calabrian. Milanese is also spoken in
Milan.

5. • Family is an extremely important value within the
Italian culture.Their family solidarity is focused on
extended family rather than the west's idea of "the
nuclear family" of just a mom, dad and kids.
• Italians have frequent family gatherings and enjoy
spending time with those in their family. Children
are reared to remain close to the family upon
adulthood.

6. • The major religion in Italy is Roman Catholicism.
This is not surprising as Vatican City is located in
the heart of Rome. Roman Catholics make up 90
percent of the population while the other 10 percent
is composed of Protestant, Jewish and a growing
Muslim immigrant community.

7. • Italy has given rise to a number of architectural
styles, including classical Roman, Renaissance,
Baroque and Neoclassical. Italy is home to some of
the most famous structures in the world, including
Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of
Pisa.Florence, Venice and Rome are home to many
museums, but art can be viewed in churches and
public buildings.

10. • Opera has its roots in Italy and many famous
operas.

12. • Italy is home to a number of world-renowned
fashion houses, including Armani, Gucci, Benetton,
Versace and Prada.

13. • Italian cuisine has influenced food culture around the world and is viewed as
a form of art by many. Wine, cheese and pasta are important part of Italian
meals. Pasta comes in a wide range of shapes, widths and lengths, including
penne, spaghetti, linguine, fusilli and lasagna. No one area of Italy eats the
same things as the next. Each region has its own spin on "Italian food,"
according to CNN. For example, most of the foods that Americans view as
Italian, such as spaghetti and pizza, come from central Italy. In the North of
Italy, fish, potatoes, rice, sausages, pork and different types of cheeses are
the most common ingredients. Pasta dishes with tomatoes are popular, as
are many kinds of stuffed pasta, polenta and risotto. In the South, dishes are
dominated by tomatoes, either served fresh or cooked into sauce, and also
includes capers, peppers, olives and olive oil, garlic, artichokes, eggplant and
ricotta cheese.

15. ITALIAN BREAKFAST (COLAZIONE)
• The traditional Italian breakfast (prima
colazconsists of coffee with bread or rolls, butter,
and jam and cookies are commonly eaten. Other
products such as breakfast cereals, fruit salad,
muesli and yogurt are becoming increasingly
common as part of the meal. However the
traditional Italian breakfast varies by region and by
season.

16. LUNCH(PRANZO)
• Lunch is traditionally regarded as the most
important meal. Most shops traditionally close down
in the pausa pranzo (lunch break) between 13:00
and 16:00. In most schools, children are given a
lunch break when they can go home for lunch, or
eat at the school cafeteria.A typical Italian lunch
consists of a first course (pasta, rice or similar), a
second course (meat, fish or vegetables) and fruit.

17. MID-AFTERNOON SNACK (MERENDA)
• Many children and adults have a mid-afternoon
snack called merenda, generally consumed after
school or in mid-afternoon. This may include a wide
variety of foods. Traditionally, merenda was similar
to breakfast, and might have consisted of a hot
milky drink with bread and honey/jam.nevertheless,
other foods are eaten, such as yogurt, gelato,
granita, fruit salad (or just fruit), nuts, biscuits and
cookies, cake, sweets.

18. DINNER(CENA)
• Dinner is usually a light meal in Italy. For cena,
people tend to have lighter food, such as soup,
broth, salad, cold meats, or the leftovers from
lunch.

19. • Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing
regions in the world, and Italian wines are known
worldwide for their broad variety.
• There are also other famous drinks like Limoncello,
Amaretto, Martini, Sambuka.

20. HOLIDAYS
1 January New Years Day
6 January Epiphany
25 Aprıl Liberation Day
1 May International Workers Day
2 June Republic Day
15 August Assumption Day
1 November All Saits' Day
8 December Immaculate Conception
25 December Christmas Day
26 December St. Stephen's Day

22. EDUCATION IN ITALY
• Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age.
• It is devided into 5 stages: kindergarten, primary school, lower
secondary school, upper secondary school, and university.
• Italy has both public and private education systems.

23. ITALIAN GESTURES
• When someone says something that doesnt make much sense to
you
• When there is nothing to do about a situation
• When you want to gossip about a maybe couple
• When you are not interested in something someone is telling you
• When someone is afraid
• When you want to signal to someone to calm down
• When something has gone smoothly, without any complications
• When you want to leave or want someone to get out of your sight
• F**K OFF.No need for an explanation here
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxu50kiDVGc

24. NEWSPAPERS
• The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper
published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 358,000
copies.
• La Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper.
Born as a radical/socialist newspaper, it has since moderated
to a centre-left political stance.
• La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper
dedicated to coverage of various sports.

26. INTERNET USAGE
• The internet usege rate in Itali is 57%. Italians use
mobile internet 2.2 hours and use internet on
laptops or ps’ 4,7 hours per a day.
• The usage of social media is 47% in Italy and
Italians are the most active social meadia users
with 2 hours in the world.

27. TELEVISION
• Sky Italia
• Mediaset
• RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana)

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