The document provides information about the location and geography of Turkey. Turkey is located in both Eastern Europe and Western Asia, bordering 8 countries. It lies at the crossroads of Europe and Asia across the Bosporus Strait. The document then discusses Turkey's history and culture, noting it was home to many ancient civilizations and is the only secular democratic Muslim-majority nation. Key cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir are mentioned. Istanbul is described as located on two continents and once serving as the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Details are given about important landmarks in Istanbul like Hagia Sophia, Dolmabache Palace, and the Grand Bazaar. The document concludes by discussing Bahce

1. WHERE IS TURKEY?
Can you see the red circle and text saying
"Here is Turkey" on the map? Then you have
found the exact location of Turkey.

2. TURKEY
Turkey, is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia 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, Iran and the Azerbaijan to the east;
Iraq and Syria to the southeast.
The Mediterranean Sea and North Cyprus are to the south;
the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the
north.

3. TURKEY
Atatürk is the
founder of Turkish
Republic. He has
established a new
and modern republic
from the ruins of an
empire, Ottoman
Empire, which was
referred as the
‘Sick man of Europe’

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

5. TURKEY
Turkey is the only
democratic, secular
nation in the world
with a majority of
its population being
of the Islamic
faith.

6. TURKEY
Turkey has become increasingly
integrated with the West through
membership in organizations such as
the
•Council of Europe,
•NATO,
•OECD, OSCE and the
•G-20 major economies.

7. TURKEY
Turkey began full membership negotiations with the
European Union in 2005, having been an associate
member of the European Economic Community since 1963
and having joined the EU Customs Union in 1995.

8. SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEY…
Turkey lies on the ruins of many civilizations including
• Hittites,
• Trojans,
• Greeks,
• Romans,
• Byzantine Empire,
• Seljuks, and
• Ottomans.
You can feel this wealth of history everywhere you go in Turkey.

9. Centuries earlier, Byzantine Christians cut cave
churches into Cappadocia’s fairy chimneys and
hid from Islamic armies in underground cities.
At other points over the millennia, the Hittites
built Hattuşa’s stone walls on the Anatolian
steppe, Romans coursed down the Curetes Way
at Ephesus, whirling dervishes gyrated with Sufi
mysticism, and the mysterious Lycians left ruins
on Mediterranean beaches

11. The Prophet
Abraham is
thought to have
been born in
Şanlıurfa Turkey

12. Well-known historical
figures such as King
Midas of the Golden
Touch, Heroditus, the
father of history, St.
Paul the Apostle, and
Omar Khayyam, the
Persian poet came from
Asia Minor, the part of
Turkey now called
Anatloia.

13. Leonardo Da Vinci drew
designs for a bridge over
the Golden Horn. It was
never built.

14. Julius Caesar uttered
his famous words, ‘Veni,
vidi, vici’ (I came, I saw,
I conquered) in 47 B.C.
After defeating
Pharnaces II, the ruler
of Pontus, which was a
north eastern province
of Asia Minor on the
southern coast of the
Black Sea.

15. Olympos which was one of the
most significant costal cities of
Ancient Lydiia, known to be the
location of first settlement in
168 B.C., has become one of
the important tourist regions
of Antalya with the cultural
values she bears, excellent
3200 metercoast and Caretta
Carettas.

16. The ancient city founded at Gaziantep in 300 B.C., was
conquered by the Romans in the 1st Century B.C and
renamed Zeugma. At the time, with a population of over
80.000, Zeugma was one of the largest cities in the world,
bigger than Pompei and Londinium (London) and as big as
Athens.

17. St. Nicholas, who became popular as
Santa Claus, was born in Demre on
Turkey’s Mediterarenean Coast.

18. The last home of Virgin Mary
is believed to be in
Selçuk – Ephesus Turkey.
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19. According to a
legend, Noah’s
Ark landed on
Mount Ararat
(Ağrı Dağı) in
Eastern Turkey.

20. Homer was born in Izmir on the
west coast of Turkey. His
famous epic, the Illiad depicts
the battles for the city of Troy,
also located in Turkey.
The city of Troy the site of
the ancient Trojan Wars, is
located in Western Turkey,
where a replica of the famous
Trojan Horse has become a
favorite tourist attraction.

21. Aesop the famed teller of tales was born in Anatolia

22. Alexander the Great conquered a large part of
what is now Turkey and cut the Gordion Knot in
the Phrygian capital of Gordium not far from
Turkey’s present day capital Ankara

23. St. Pierre’s Chucrch
in Antioch (Antakya)
is thought to be the
first Christian
Church.
Nestled in a steep cliff at an
altitude of about 1,200 metres
facing Altındere valley,
Sumela Monastry is a site of
great historical and cultural
significance, as well as a major
tourist attraction of Altındere
National Park.

24. With the rising trend of
football, the locomotive
of Turkish sports, which
Galatasaray Sports Club
started by getting the
UEFA and Super Cup in
2000, Turkish National
Football Team became
the third in 2002 Korea
World
Galatasaray matches Cup.
are being held in TT
ARENA Stadium
which is newly built.

25. ISTANBUL hosted 2012 WTA
Championships.

26. Legend has it that
Anatolia was the location
of the first beauty contest,
judged by Paris with the
goddesses Aphrodite,
Hera, and Athena as
leading participants.

27. Turkey is the first and only
country to establish a
‘Children’s Day’. Every year, on
April 23, the country
rededicates itself to honoring
and cherishing children and the
freedom and independence of
all people.

28. Since the 1920s, the motto of the
Turkish Republic has been the words
of its founder,
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: ‘Peace at
home, peace in the world.’

29. SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEY…
You can get engaged in a variety of activities in Turkey
including
•river rafting,
•skiing,
•scuba diving,
•cruising,
•trekking,
•hot air ballooning
•and even camel wrestling.
You can travel thousands of years back in time at the
historical sites, or enjoy the works of nature.

30. SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEY…
Turks have a;
• great cuisine,
• famous baths,
• rich traditions associated with tea, coffee and rakı
• evil eye pendants,
• traditional carpets and rugs,
• whirling dervishes,
• and of course Turkish delight and baklava.

31. MAJOR CITIES OF TURKEY
•ANKARA (THE CAPITAL)
•ISTANBUL
•IZMIR
•ANTALYA
•BODRUM

32. WHERE IS ISTANBUL?
Istanbul lies on the border between Asia and Europe so
that one part of Istanbul is in Europe while the other
part of Istanbul is Asian. These two parts of Istanbul
are divided by a stretch of water called the Bosphorus
near the sea of Marmara. There are currently two
bridges that connect Asian Istanbul to European
Istanbul.

33. ISTANBUL
İstanbul is the ONLY city in the world
located on two-continents, Asia and Europe.
Founded in 659 B.C., it was the capital of
the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) and
Ottoman Empires since 330 A.D

34. ISTANBUL
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the
country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a
population of 14.5 million, the city is among the largest
cities in the world by population within city limits. Istanbul
is also referred as ‘the city that never sleeps’.

35. İSTANBUL…
Istanbul is a melting pot of religions and cultures.
Muslims, Christians and Jews have been living in
harmony for centuries.
Süleymaniye Mosque Saint Antuan Church Sinagogue

36. ISTANBUL…
Istanbul was the capital city of many great empires like
the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire and the
Ottoman Empire which is why the history, different
cultures and modern life is synthesised in its veins.
The Hagia Sophia from Byzantine Empire or the palaces
from Ottoman Empire still attract millions of tourists.
The world famous Dolmabahçe Palace , Topkapı Palace or
Hagia Sophia are some of these historical treasures.

37. HAGIA SOPHIA
Hagia Sophia is a great architectural beauty and an important
monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Once a
church, later a mosque, and now a museum at the Turkish
Republic, Hagia Sophia has always been the precious of its time.

38. HAGIA SOPHIA

39. DOLMABAHÇE PALACE

40. GRAND BAZAAR
The seeds of
modern time
‘MALLS’ were
planted centuries
ago in Istanbul
with
‘THE GRAND
BAZAAR’

41. BAHÇEŞEHİR SCHOOLS
ÖZEL BAHÇEŞEHİR
FLORYA ORTAOKULU
‘BAHÇEŞEHİR FLORYA
COLLEGE’
‘Bahçeşehir Schools’ is a chain of schools which gives
education from North to South, East to West, in all
major cities of Turkey.
We have 70 schools all around Turkey, and the
estimated number of schools for the next two years
is
150!

42. BAHÇEŞEHİR SCHOOLS
Our school is founded in one of the best
districts of Istanbul, in Florya.
It is a private school for children aged
between 4-14 years old.
It gives education on kindergarten, lower
and upper primary levels.

43. BAHÇEŞEHİR SCHOOLS
We pride ourselves with the high standard of education
we provide, at each and every Bahçeşehir School in
Turkey.
The headquarters of our schools is in Istanbul, and we
BAHÇEŞEHİR SCHOOLS
provide the same quality of education in each one of our
schools.

44. BAHÇEŞEHİR SCHOOLS
We believe each student is very special, and each and every of
them have different learning styles.
We provide the needs of each student carefully and create a
happy and beneficial environment for them.