Turkey is a transcontinental country located in both Asia and Europe. Its capital is Ankara and largest city is Istanbul. Turkey has a parliamentary republic government and its official language is Turkish. Some notable sights include Cappadocia, Pamukkale, and Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Popular festivals are Ramadan and Sacrifice Festival for Muslims, and April 23rd is celebrated as both Children's Day and the anniversary of Turkey's republic. Turkish cuisine includes kebabs, baklava, and Turkish coffee.

2. TURKISH FLAG

3. Turkey is a country which located on two continents, Asia and Europe.
Capital city of the Turkey is Ankara and the largest city is İstanbul.

4. Capital: Ankara Founder: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Largest City: İstanbul President: Abdullah Gül
Official Language: Turkish Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Government: Parliamentery Republic
Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)
Population: 73 million

5. Mustafa Kemal The Founder Of Turkish Republic

6. Black Sea
Meditereanian Sea
Our country is surrounded by three seas.

7. FESTIVALS

8. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS

9. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of
fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from
dawn until sunset.
A crescent moon can be seen over palm trees at sunset marking the beginning of
the Muslim month of Ramadan.

10. Sacrificy Festival is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide.
Muslims who can afford to buy a sheep, a cow or a lamb deliver the meat to friends,
neighbours, poor and needy people.

11. NATIONAL FESTIVALS

12. 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.
Celebrating Childrens’ Day in Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

13. 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.

14. 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. That day everyone
commemorates Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

15. SOME SIGHTSEEINGS OF
OUR COUNTRY

16. Cappadocia: The famous fairy chimneys

17. Ölüdeniz (Deadsea)

18. Ortaköy Mosque / İstanbul

19. Sultanahmet Mosque / İstanbul

20. Mardin Houses / Mardin

21. Ancient Ruins in İzmir

22. Ancient Ruins in İzmir

23. Nemrut Mount

24. PAMUKKALE

25. Sümela Monastery

26. Trojan Horse

27. İstiklal Avenue: The Most
Famous Avenue in İstanbul

28. Topkapı Palace

30. KAŞIKÇI DIAMOND

31. Mor Hananyo Monastery in Mersin

35. CELEBRITIES

36. Tarkan is a famous pop singer in Turkey

37. Sertab Erener has won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003

38. Fire of Anatolia

39. SPORTS

40. Turkey was in the 3rd place in World Football Championship in 2002

41. Galatasaray has won the UEFA Cup and Super Cup in 2000

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

43. TURKISH FOOD

44. 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.

45. İskender Kebab is another famous meal of Northwestern Turkey and takes
its name from its inventor, İskender Efendi, who lived in Bursa in the late
19th century.
It is a kind of döner kebab prepared from thinly cut grilled lamb or beef
basted with tomato sauce over pieces of bread and generously slathered
with melted butter and yogurt.

46. 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.

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

48. 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.

49. Tarhana soup is a dried-yogurt based soup.

50. DESSERTS

51. GÜLLAÇ

52. TURKISH DELIGHT

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

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

55. DRINKS

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. ANKARA
THE CAPITAL CITY
Population: 5 million

60. SIGHTSEEINGS IN
ANKARA

61. Grand National Assembly of Turkey

62. Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

63. ATAKULE TOWER

64. KOCATEPE MOSQUE

65. ESTERGON CASTLE

66. ALTINPARK

67. Youth Park

68. Atatürk’s Monument in Ulus Square

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72. Our Teachers

73. Our Classes

74. School Canteen

76. School Ground

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