Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic. Turkey is located on both Asia and Europe and contains important historical sites like Troy and locations associated with figures like Saint Nicholas. Nasreddin Hodja is a famous trickster figure in Turkish folklore who was known for responding to difficult questions with humor.

2. The founder: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first
President, stands as a towering figure of the 20th Century.
• Atatürk was among the great leaders of history and he gave inspiration to the
world at large.

3. Map of Turkey
Ankara is the capital of Turkey
Koray comes from Antalya

4. Koray’s hometown in Turkey: Antalya

5. Turkey is a transcontinental country
• Turkey is located on two continents: Asia and Europe.

6. Two of Seven Wonders is in Turkey
• Two of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Temple of
Artemis and Mausoleum of Halicarnasus are in Turkey.

7. Troy is in Turkey
• The city of Troy, the site of the ancient Trojan Wars, is located
in Western Turkey, where a replica of famous Trojan Horse
exist.

8. Saint Nicholas was born in Turkey
• St. Nicholas, who became famous as Santa Claus, was born in
Demre on Turkey’s Meditaerraneoan coast.

9. Noah’s Ark landed in Turkey
• According to legend, Noah’s Ark landed on Ağrı Dağı (Mount
Ararat) in Eastern Turkey

10. Mozart composed the Turkish Rondo
• The last movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 is often
heard on its own and is one of the best-known piano pieces.

11. Nasrettin Hodja
• Nasreddin Hodja is Turkey's (and perhaps all of Islam's) best-
known trickster.
• A Nasreddin story usually has a subtle humour and a pedagogic
nature.

12. Nasrettin Hodja
One idle day, the villagers were contemplating philosophical
thoughts and deliberating the mysteries of the universe. Since
they weren't getting anywhere with their reflections, they decided
to solicit the wisdom of Nasreddin Hodja.
`Hodja Effendi,' they said, `you are a learned man, maybe you can
shed a light on this puzzle. Where is the center of the earth?'
Nasreddin Hodja didn't skip a beat.
`Right under the left front foot of my donkey.' he said.
`Hodja Effendi,' protested the villagers, `that can't be right!'
`If you don't believe me,' said The Hodja, `measure it for
yourself!'

13. Nasrettin Hodja
At the time of the Hodja, some clever and educated men were searching for an intelligent man, who could answer their
three questions. They traveled through the whole world and then came to Akshehir. They asked:
“Who is most intelligent man in this town?”
Of course the people of the town brought the Hodja to the three men and they began to ask.
“First question: Where is the central point of the world?”
The Hodja's donkey was with him. So he pointed to his donkey.
“Where the front legs of my donkey are, there is the middle point of the world.”
“How can you prove that?” asked one of the men.
“If you don't believe, you can measure it”, the Hodja said.
Measuring did not seem a good idea to them, so they went on to the next question.
“How many stars are on the sky?”
The Hodja replied without hesitation:
“As many as the hairs on my donkey's mane.”
The three men laughed.
“If you don't believe it,” said the Hodja. “you can count them.”
The foreigners understood that they couldn't get a correct reply and one of them asked:
“Can you say how many hairs are in your donkey's mane?”
“Oh, yes”, said the Hodja. “There are exactly the same number of hairs as you have in your beard. Now don't tell me, that
you don't believe that because I can prove it by pulling one hair from your beard and one from the donkey's mane. When
we pull each hair out one after the other, you can see at the end that there are the same number of hairs.”
The three men went back to their country and told everyone that the cleverest man in the world lived in Akshehir.

14. Turkey is the first and only country to
establish a Children’s Day
• Every year, on April 23rd, Turkey celebrates the Children’s day

15. Galatasaray is the biggest football team
in Turkey and is a European Champion Club

16. Turkey accounts for 75% of the global
hazelnut production
• Nearly in every
chocolate you eat
there is hazelnut
from Turkey
inside…

17. Which one is the flag of Turkey?
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18. Which one is the flag of Turkey?
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Flag of Turkey

19. Where is Turkey on the map?
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20. Where is Turkey on the map?
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