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Turkey

Turkey. A Country for All Tastes. Turkey is… . one of the world's most popular tourism destinations. The country is surrounded on three sides by three different seas. Its shores are laced with beaches, bays, coves, ports, islands and peninsulas. Turkey is the cradle of civilizations.

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Turkey

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  1. Turkey A Country for All Tastes

  2. Turkey is… • one of the world's most popular tourism destinations.

  3. The country is surrounded on three sides by three • different seas. Its shores are laced with beaches, bays, coves, ports, islands and peninsulas.

  4. Turkey is thecradle of civilizations • The ancient Greeks called the area Anatole, which the land where the sun rises. The Romans called it Asia Minor, while we call it Anadolu. The word ‘Anatolia’, which refers to the Asian part of Turkey describes a large plateau , which acted as a melting pot for many successive civilizations.TheEuropenpart is called ‘Thrace’.Its history dates back to before 10.000 BC. • These civilizations are • the Hittites, • the Urartians, • the Phrygians, • the Lydians, • the Ionians, • thePersians, • the Romans, • theByzantines, • theSeljuks, • theOttomans, • AND NOW • THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY.

  5. Due to Turkey's diverse geography, one can experience four different climates in any one day.

  6. Panagia Soumela Monastery • For centuries, Turkey has also been a crossroads of religions, not only of Islam and Christianity, but also of many others now forgotten by history. Hagia Sophia The Holy Savior in Chora Mosaic of the Virgin Mother with child in Chora Church

  7. The history of Turkey tells of a 10,000 year-old civilisation. The Turks have inherited both from the Islamic past and their Ottoman past. They have also inherited from their western past, as well as forming a part of the Western present. All these heritages, Eastern and Western, Asian and European, are intermingled in the civilisation of modern Turkey.Ottomonempire has ruledAnatoliafor 600 years.

  8. ~Tughra of Süleyman the Magnificent ~ Sipahis; mounted troops in army Hammam A Female Turkish Bath Mehteran The military music band Ottoman miniature painting

  9. Thanksto… Now, Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary,constitutional republicwith a diverse cultural heritage. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK

  10. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK • He is the founderof the Republic of Turkey. • Atatürk was a military officerandhe led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence. • His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him (and forbiddento any other person) in 1934 by the Turkish parliament.

  11. Ataturk Mausoleum (Anitkabir)

  12. Popular tourist destinations

  13. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. Blue Mosque

  14. hagIasophIa is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Mosaic of Virgin and Child inside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbu

  15. Topkapı Palaceis a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years.

  16. CAPPADOCIA Cappadocia is a unique design of nature. It was sculpted out of the tuff ofthe Erciyes and Hasan once volcanic mountains through millions of years by sand and water erosion, became the seat of several civilisations, and a silent witness to the cultural history of Anatolia. Cappadocia also covers underground cities.

  17. Nemrut Mountain is known as the highest open-air museum in the world. It was one the most majestic place of worship in ancient Anatolia. At the time of the Commagene Kingdom (163 BC) , King Antiochus built statues of their five Gods on the top of this mountain. Statues of God in Nemrut Mountain

  18. aspendos Aspendos is famous for having the best-preserved Roman Theatre not only in Anatolia but also in the whole Mediterranean world.

  19. Archaeological Site of Troy The ancient city of Troy, famous as the site of Trojan War

  20. The Great Ağrı Mountainis the highest mountain in Turkey and Europe with a height of 5,137 m.

  21. PAMUKKALE The Pamukkale travertine was created by thermal water depositing the calcium carbonate it contained. This sacred land clad in white is waiting for those who want to heal in its waters with a natural therapy.

  22. TAKSİM SQUARE

  23. WAFFLE KUMPİR Ortaköy

  24. SHOPPING CENTRES

  25. MANYAS LAKE, BALIKESIR • Lake Manyas which is also called Bird Lake is a lake in western Turkey, located in the Bandırma region. An estimated 255 species of birds visit Bird Paradise National park at the edge of Kuş Gölü,the lake formerly known as Manyas Gölü located on the great migratory paths between Europe and Asia, the park is a happy combination of plant cover,reed beds and a lake that supports at least 20 species of fish. Manyas Lake is an important site forbreedingandwinteringwaterbirds.Morethan 270 species of birdshavebeenrecorded at the lake. ImportantbirdspeciesincludeWhite-headedDuck, EurasianSpoonbill , Greater Flamingo , plusbreedingpopulations of thevulnerableDalmatianPelican. MigratingGreatWhitePelicansoftenroost at the lake.

  26. TYPICAL TURKISH FOODS

  27. The foundation of Turkish food is, if anything, dough made of wheat flour. Besides "ekmek" (ordinary white bread), "Pide" (flat bread), "simit" (sesame seed rings),and "mantı" (similar to ravioli), a whole family of food made up thin sheets of pastry called "börek" falls into this category.

  28. Sarma Stuffed wine leaves Lahmacun Minced meat with dough

  29. karniyarik iskender kebap

  30. dürüm sütlaç baklava DESSERTS künefe kadayıf

  31. Ayran is a cold beverage of yogurt mixed with cold water and sometimes salt.

  32. TURKISH COFFEE

  33. metrobus TRANSPORTATION IN ISTANBUL metro tramway

  34. FOLK DANCES ÇAYDA ÇIRA ZEYBEK HORON

  35. TARKAN HADİSE SOME OF THE FAMOUS POP SINGERS SERTAB ERENER

  36. dervIshes • Thewhirlingdance is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sama. • The Sama is only one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed toreachGod. • Theperformers of thisdance is known as Semazen. • Rumi (Mevlana) is founder of Sufism.

  37. Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi 13th-century Persian Muslim poet an thinker. • MevlânaJalâluddîn Rumi says: "All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know!"

  38. Orhan Pamuk • is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists. • He won the Nobel prize in 2006.

  39. Aslı Çakır Alptekin A Turkishrunner who won Gold Medal in 2012 Londra Olympics

  40. Galatasarayis a footballteamwhichwon the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 2000.

  41. ~THE END~

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