Turkey

Istituto secondario di primo grado “ A. Balzico Cava de' Tirreni Class II I StudentsAvagliano Sara, Di Salvatore Chiara, Orlando Grazia, Santoriello Rosaria, Vitale Aldo.

School year 2010/11

Location: south east of Europe Area: 783.562 kmPopulation: 76.586.256Capital city: AnkaraImportant towns: Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, KirsehirFlag: Ay Yildiz (red with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star)Official Language: TurkishMain religion: IslamGovernment: Parliamentary RepublicMonetary system: Turkish LiraHighest mountain: Mount AraratOther mountains: Suphan Dagi (Suphan Mountain), Mount Erciyes, DemirkazikMain rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, Meric, Ergene, Gediz, KizilirmaLakes: Van Lake, Lake, Beysehir Lake, Keban Lake, Egridir LakeNational Holidays: Apr 23: National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (anniversary of the establishment of Turkish Grand National Assembly) May 1: Labour and Solidarity Day (recently added in 2009) May 19:

Ataturk Commemoration and Youth e Sports Day ( the arrival of Ataturk in Samsun, and the beginning of the War of Independence) Aug 30: Victory Day (victory over invading forces i Turkish in 1922). Oct 29:

Republic Day (anniversary of the declaration of the Turkish Republic)National Anthem: Istiklal Marsi (The Anthem of Independence).

Typical dishes: Kebap, pilav, keskek, gozlomeFamous people: Hidayet “Hedo” Turkoglu born March 19, 1979 in Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, Turkey is a

Turkish professional basketball player, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, etc.  

ISTANBUL'S MONUMENTS

The most important Istanbul's monuments are : - Topkapi Palace : home of the sultans

- Ayasofya (Hagia sophia) : it changed the course of Western architecture; greatest church in Christendom for 1000 years.

- Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque: Islam's elegant answer to Ayasofya, with six minarets and blue interior tiles

- Byzantine Hippodrome: the political and recreational heart of Byzantyne Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul

Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum: facing the Blue Mosque on the Hippodrome, a treasure-house of 1000 years of fine art

-Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarniçi): subterranean nickname "sunken palace" of 336 marble columns which could hold 80,000 cubic feet of water in case of

drought. 

 

Home of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, Topkapı Sarayı ("Palace of the Cannon Gate") was the seraglio, the heart of the vast Ottoman Empire, ruled by the monarch who lived in Topkapı's hundreds of rooms with hundreds

of concubines, children, and white and black servants.   

 

The Church of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sophia in Greek), is one of the most impressive and important buildings ever constructed.

Its wide, flat dome was a daring engineering feat in the 6th century, and architects still marvel at the building's many innovations.

It was built on the site of Byzantium's acropolis by Emperor Justinian (527-65 AD) in 537 AD.

Ayasofya was the greatest church in Christendom. 

  

Istanbul's imperial Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I (Sultan Ahmet Camii) is called the Blue Mosque because of its interior tiles, The mosque (built 1603-17) is

the masterwork of Ottoman architect Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa. With its six minarets and a great cascade of domes, the mosque is a worthy

sibling to Hagia Sophia just a few minutes' stroll to the north. 

The Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıç) is so called because it lays beneath the Stoa Basilica, a grand Byzantine public square. It's also called the Sunken

Palace Cistern (Yerebatan Saray Sarnıçı) because that's what it looks like.Whatever you call it, it's impressive because of its size, measuring 138 meters

long and 64.6 meters wide, covering nearly 1000 square meters (2.4 acres); its capacity (80,000 cubic meters—over 21 million

US gallons) and its 336 marble columns.

   

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the country’s second largest city after Istanbul.

 

Istanbul is the most important city of Turkey. 

The typical dishes are: kebab, kofte, kokorec, borek and gozlome. 

The president of the Turkish Republic is Abdullah Gul. He is 11th and current President of the Republic of

Turkey. President Gul was born in Kayseri, on October 29, 1950 a city in central Anatolia. Gul studied economics at the Istanbul University.

 

The official monetary system is the Turkish Lira. 

Kirșehir is a city in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey. It is the capital district of the Kirsehir Province. Kirsehir’s history goes back to 3,000 B.C. The first settlers were Hittites. When the Romans started to control the city, it was called “Macissus”. With the division of the Roman Empire, the city was rebuilt by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and recalled as “Justinianopolis ”. In 1071 , with the Malazgirt war, the Turkey conquered the city and changed the name into “Kir sehri” which means ‘steppe city’. Kirsehir is the first basement and settlement of Ahi Community.  

 1) What’s the capital city of Turkey?2) What’s the name of the important city of Turkey?3) What are the names of Istanbul monuments?4) Who is the president of Turkey?5) When Abdullah Gul was elected president of Turkey?6) What’s the highest mountain of Turkey?7) What are the main rivers of Turkey?8) What are the Lakes of Turkey?9) What are the typical dishes of Turkey?10) What’s the national Anthem of Turkey?

 

1) nsatibnlu=.....2) aranka=.....3) ontinsaum=.......4) rvires=.....5) metahn=.....6) etinderps=.....7) sekal=.....8) kerytu=...9) onatilna=....10) isehds=......

Find these words in the diagram. You can go up, down, right to left and left to right and diagonal. The remaining letters contain a word for you.

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Ankara -River -Istanbul -Church -Pilav - Currency - Kebap - Ajda - Tigri - Izmir - Gediz - Ottoman - Keban

-Bursa - Borek - Serra - Adana - Mountain - Art.

   

TRUE OR FALSE

PUT A TICK (√ ) IF THE ANSWER IS TRUE AND A CROSS (X) IF IT IS FALSE.

Turkey: T F 1)The capital city is Istanbul. 2)The president is called Abdullah Gül. 3)The important towns are Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Kirsehir. 4) The official monetary system is Euro. 5) Turkey is a catholic country. 6) The official language is Italian. 7) Turkey is a peninsula. 8) Turkey is in the north of Italy. 9) The Turkish flag is called Ay Yildiz. 10)It is a Parliamentary Republic.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

 

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