Sehit Sener Gundem Secondary School Comenius Multilateral Project. Introduction Of Turkey Presentation. Name of our project is 'Biodiversity Conservation The Only Path To Our Survival'

2. Turkey is a country
which located on two
continents, Asia and
Europe. The second
largest country in
Europe – Russia is the
largest one
Geography and Location

3. ■Northwest
- Bulgaria
- Greece
Turkey's Neighbors
■Northeast
- Georgia
■East
- Armenia
- Nakhichevan
- Iran
■South
- Syria
- Iraq

4. ■ Three sides of Turkey are
surrounded by
- Black Sea to the north
- Aegean in the west
- Mediterranean in the south
■ Coastline: over 5,000 miles
■ The Sea of Marmara, an
internal sea between the
straits of the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus, is in the
northwest.
Coastline

5. Turkey's Founder
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
(1881 -1938)
■ The founder and the first
President of Turkish Republic
Mustafa Kemal was born in 1881 in
Salonika (Thessaloniki, in Greece)
■ Turkish nation completed the
War of Independence, under the
leadership of Mustafa Kemal
Atatiirk and the Republic was
proclaimed on 29 October 1923.

6. Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK
■ introduced a broad range of
reforms- in the political, social, legal,
economic and cultural spheres- such
as:
- The adoption of Latin Alphabet (1928)
- Recognition of the equal rights of
women - including full political rights
(1930)
- Abolition of religious laws (1926)
- Unification and secularization of the
education system (1924)

7. Turkish History
■ The history of Turks cover a time frame of more than
4000 years.
■ Turks first lived in Central Asia around 2000 BC. Later,
some of them left Central Asia and spread around,
establishing many states and empires within a vast area
of Asia and Europe; including:
The Great Hun Empire
Gokturk Empire
Uygur Empire
Great Seljuk Empire
Ottoman Empire

8. Ottoman Empire (1299 - 1923)
■ From tiny principality to empire:
The small frontier principality founded by
Osman Bey in 1299 in the environs of Söğüt
in Eskişehir became the magnificent
Ottoman Empire a century and a half later,
which lasted for 623 years.
■ Conquest of Istanbul: 1453
■ Ottoman capitals:
Bursa in 1326
Edirne in 1365
İstanbul in 1453

9. ■ WORLD WAR I (1914 - 1918)
Mondros Armistice : 30 October 1918. The territories of the
Ottoman Empire were occupied by Britain, France, Russia
and Greece.
■ WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1919-1922)
First anti-imperialist war
■ Lausanne Treaty July 24, 1923
National borders were set; the social, ec independence and
sovereignty of Turke accepted
FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC TURKEY: 29 OCTOBER 1923
Ottoman Empire (1299 - 1923)

10. GOVERNMENT
■ Turkey is a democratic, secular
and social state governed by the
rule of law; committed to the
nationalism of Atatürk and based
on the principle of the separation
of powers;
- Legislative power: The Turkish
Grand National Assembly
- Executive power: President and
the Council of Ministers
- Judicial power: Independent
courts and supreme judiciary
organs

11. LANGUAGE
■ Turkish is the official
language and uses Latin letters
■ Turkish alphabet is composed
of 29 letters and is very similar
to the English alphabet
-Excludes q, w and x -Includes 9,
g, 1, o, §, ii

12. members
■ Turkey

13. Economy
■ Turkey is 16th biggest economy in
the world,6th in Europe
■ Main industries are extile, food
processing, autos, electronics,
tourism, mining, steel, petroleum,
construction, lumber, paper
→ Main export partners; Germany
9.6%, France 6.1%, U.K 5.8%, Italy 5.8%,
Iraq 5%
→ Main import partners;Russia 14%,
Germany 10%, China 9%, U.S 6.1%, Italy
5.4%, France 5%

14. POPULATION
■ Population of Turkey is 76,8 million.
Population of the Turkey's four largest cities:
→İstanbul: 14,2 million
→Ankara: 5,1 million
→İzmir: 4,1 million
→ Bursa: 2,8 million

15. LANGUAGE
■ Turkish is the official
language and uses Latin letters
■ Turkish alphabet is composed
of 29 letters and is very similar
to the English alphabet
-Excludes q, w and x -Includes 9,
g, 1, o, §, ii

16. TURKEY’S CİTİES
■ Turkey’s capital city is
Ankara
■ Ankara became the
capital in October 13, 1923

17. MAJOR CİTİES IN TURKEY
■ İstanbul ■ İzmir ■ Antalya
■ Konya ■ Bursa ■ Adana

18. 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.

19. NATIONAL FESTIVALS
■ 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

20. NATIONAL FESTIVALS
■ 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.

21. SOME SIGHTSEEINGS OF OUR COUNTRY
■ Cappadocia: The famous fairy chimneys

22. ■ Ölüdeniz (Deadsea)

23. ■ Ortaköy Mosque / İstanbul

24. ■ Sultan Ahmet Mosque / İstanbul

25. ■ Topkapı Palace/ İstanbul

26. ■ Ancient Ruins / İzmir

27. ■ Nemrut Maunt / Adımayan

28. ■ Pamukkale / Denizli

29. ■ Sümela Monastery / Trabzon

30. ■ Trojan Horse / Çanakkale

31. ■ CELEBRITIES IN TURKEY

32. ■ Tarkan is a famous pop singer in Turkey

33. ■ Sertab Erener has won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003

34. ■ Fire of Anatolia

35. ■ Turkey was in the 3rd place in World Football championship in 2002

36. ■ Galatasaray has won the UEFA Cup and Super Cup in 2000

37. ■ Turkey was in the 2nd place in World Basketball Championship in 2010

38. ■ Gheorghe Hagi: Romanian footballer
He played football for Galatasaray between 1996 – 2002
All the Turkish people recognize him very well

39. ■ Filip Holosko: Slovakian footballer
He play football for Between between 1996 – 2002
All the Turkish people recognize him very well

40. ■ FOODS

41. ■ 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.

42. ■ 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.

43. ■ İmambayıldı is braised
eggplant stuffed with
onion, garlic and
tomatoes.

44. ■ 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.

45. ■ Tarhana soup is a dried-
yogurt based soup.

46. ■ GÜLLAÇ

47. ■ TURKİSH DELİGHT

48. ■ BAKLAVA
Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough
filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey.

49. ■ Kabak tatlısı is a famous Turkish dessert which is made of
pumpkin.

50. ■ 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.

51. ■ 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.

52. ■ 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.

53. ■ Every year more than 32 million foreign tourists visit
TURKEY » 7th most visited country in the world