Turkey is a transcontinental country located in both Asia and Europe. Turkish is the official language and Ankara is the capital, while Istanbul is the largest city and a major tourist destination with many historical and natural attractions. The document then describes Şehit Sait Ertürk Secondary School located in Istanbul, which has 1997 students and focuses on learner-centered education using constructivist approaches. It aims to develop students' self-confidence, social responsibility, creativity and critical thinking skills to prepare them for the future. The school emphasizes both academic and social activities and has won several awards for its educational provision.

1. ŞEHİT SAİT ERTÜRK
SECONDARY SCHOOL
ISTANBUL, 2017

2. The Republic of Turkey

3. • The Republic of Turkey’s Language
is Turkish. Turkey is a contiguous
transcontinental country, Asia with
Europe.
• Turkey has eight border countries:
Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece
to the west; Georgia to the
northeast; Armenia, Iran and the
Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan
to the east; and Iraq and Syria to
the southeast.

4. • Turkish language spoken in Turkey, with
about 75 million people
• Ankara is the capital of Turkey.

5. • İstanbul is very important place in the
world. Istanbul became the biggest and the
most crowded city of Europe. Because, ıts
location between Asia and Europe, the city
always had a great geopolitical importance.

6. • Around 2 millions tourists visit İstanbul
every year. They see the historical and
natural beauties of the city. The city has a
lots of historical mosques, churchs and
museums.
• SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE

7. Hagia Sophia

11. • GALATA TOWER

12. ISTANBUL
It extends both on the European and on the
Asian sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby
the only metropolis in the world that is
situated on two continents.

13. 15th July Martyrs Bridge
Old Name Bosphorus Bridge

16. • Leander’s Tower

18. ISTANBUL
Istanbul was chosen as a joint
European Capital of Culture for 2010 and the
European Capital of Sports for 2012. The
historic areas of the city were added to the
UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

19. GRAND BAZAAR

21. Basilica Cistern

23. • THE DOLMABAHÇE PALACE MUSEUM

26. • THE FORTRESS RUMELİ HİSAR

28. • TAKSIM SQUARE

29. OUR SCHOOL IN ISTANBUL
Our school is situated on European side and it
is 20 minutes to Atatürk Airport, which is an
international airport, and 5 - 10 minutes to
the bus terminal. The location of the school is
very close to the city centre and transporation
is easy with metro, bus networks, finiculars,
trams, ferryboats or sea buses.

30. OUR SCHOOL
Şehit Sait Ertürk Secondary School, which is a
mainstream state school, was founded in 2001
with 30 classrooms. After the separation of
primary and secondary schools, education
continues in the second building. The building
and the garden of the school lie on the area of
3460 m2
.

34. OUR SCHOOL
We have got 1997 students whose ages range
between 10 and 15. There are 57 teachers and
4 deputy principals and a principal. The
building includes 19 classrooms, 2 counseling
rooms, and a sports room.

36. OUR SCHOOL
Academic and social activities are carried out
hand in hand at our school. Students have a
chance to develop themselves both
academically and socially. To realize this, we
organize workshops where students benefit
after the classes such as chess, scouting,
creative authorship, drama, and various sports
activities.

44. OUR SCHOOL
Şehit Sait Ertürk Secondary School has been
designed to meet all the academic, physical
and social needs of the students. Classrooms
are equipped with computers, projectors and
wireless internet connections, and
smartboards.

45. OUR SCHOOL
In our school, we adopt learner centered
education for classes. In the lessons such as
Turkish, Mathematics, English, Science and
Technology, Social Sciences, Technology and
Design, we have constructivist approach.

48. OUR SCHOOL
We aim to be individuals who have self
confidence, care for humanity, can take
responsibility for their learning and can think
creatively and reflectively. Students are
prepared for the future as eager researchers,
communicative, hardworking, open minded
and considerate individuals who are able to
think interrogatively.

50. OUR SCHOOL
We are involved in so many competitions and
demonstrations. We were awarded with
numerous cups and so many awards like white
flag as the validation of our provision. Our
reputation is also very high in the Local
Authority.

54. Thank you!