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TÜRKİYE. Türkei – تركي – Turqi – Турция – Turecko – Turquie – Turquia – Τουρκία - Th ổ Nhĩ Kỳ - Turecko – Турция – Турска – Tyrkia – Törökország – Turkija – Turcija – Turcja - Turkey. WHO ARE TURKS?.
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TÜRKİYE Türkei – تركي – Turqi– Турция– Turecko – Turquie – Turquia – Τουρκία - Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ - Turecko– Турция – Турска – Tyrkia – Törökország – Turkija – Turcija – Turcja - Turkey
WHO ARE TURKS? • Theyarethedescendants of TurkishnomadsfromCentralAsiaandthemanyethnicgroupsthatinhabitedtheformerOttomanEmpire. Todaytheterm “Turk” commonlyreferstocitizens of theTurkishRepublicandrepresents a nationalratherthan an ethnicidentity.
WHO ARE TURKS ? MostTurksareMuslims but theTurkishRepublic is a secularstate. Turksaretheheirstotheculturaltraditions of theOttomanEmpireas well as tothedemocraticideals of Ataturkandthe West.
TÜRKİYE Istanbul is theonlycity in theworldlocated on twocontinents,AsiaandEurope. Founded in 659 B.C., it wasthecapital of theEasternRoman andOttomanEmpires since330 A.D.
TÜRKİYE Two of the Seven Wonders of theAncientWorld, TheTempleof Artemis andtheMausoleum at Halicarnassus, are in Turkey.
TÜRKİYE • Piri Reis was a Turkishmilitaryrankakintothat of captain) was an Ottamanadmiral, geographerandcartographerbornbetween 1465 and 1470 anddied in 1554 or 1555.
TÜRKİYE Well-knownhistoricalfiguressuch as King Midas of the golden touch, Herodotus, thefather of history., St. Paul theApostle, andOmarKhayyam, thePersianpoetcamefromAsiaMinor, thepart of TurkeynowcalledAnatolia.
TÜRKİYE Leonardo Da Vinci drewdesignsfor a bridgeoverthe Golden Horn. Itwasneverbuilt.
TÜRKİYE St. Nicholas, whobecamepopular as SantaClaus, wasborn in Demre on Turkey’sMediterraneanCoast.
TÜRKİYE Thelasthome of VirginMary is believedto be in Selçuk (Ephesues) Turkey.
TÜRKİYE Accordingtolegend, Noah’s Ark landed on Ağrı Dağı (MountArarat) in EasternTurkey.Asure in at least seven kinds of grain, known as Noah's ship ate dinner.Asure is a very popular dessert in Turkey.
TÜRKİYE • Fatih Sultan Mehmedwas Sultan of the OttomanEmpire (Rum until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, heconqueredConstantinople and brought an end to theByzantineEmpire, absorbing its administrative apparatus into the Ottoman state.
TÜRKİYE • Mehmed continued his conquests in Asia, with the Anatolian reunification, and in Europe, as far asBelgrade.Mehmed II is regarded as a national hero inTurkey, and his name has been given to Istanbul's Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.
TÜRKİYE Come, come, come again, whoever you arecome
TÜRKİYE SEVEN ADVICE OF MEVLANA • In generosity and helping others be like a river • In compassion and grace be like sun. • In concealing others’ faults be like night • In anger and fury be like dead • In modesty and humility be like earth • In tolerance be like a sea • Either exist as you as you are or be as you look
TÜRKİYE Since 1952, Turkey has been a member of NATO (the North AtlanticTreatyOrganization).
TÜRKİYE • Turkey has beencontinuingbygettingonemore step closerwiththemembershipnegotiationsthatstarted in September 2005 in theEuropeanUnionmembershipperiod.
TÜRKİYE • Turkeyprovides 70% of theworld’shazelnuts. Thenut in yourchocolate bar wasmostlikelygrown in Turkey.
TÜRKİYE • Turksgavedutchtheirfamoustulips. • TurksintroducedcoffeetoEurope
TÜRKİYE • Women in Turkeyweregiventherighttovoteand be electedtopublicoffice in 1934, wellbeforetheserightsweregrantedtoSwisswomen.
TÜRKİYE Turkey has therichestmaritimehistoryamongothercountries. Todaythreearehundreds of scubadivingareasbeingprotectedbyTurkishgovernment.
TÜRKİYE Turkey is the onlydemocratic, secularnation in theworldwith a majority of its populationbeing of TheIslamic faith.
TÜRKİYE Turkey is thefirstonlycountrytoestablish a “Children’s Day”. Everyyear, on April 23, thecountryrededicates itselftohonoringandcherishingchildrenandthe freedomandindependence of allpeople.
