oESL 156 Culture Studies

oInstructor : Lyra RiabovoPresenter : Ahmet Eman

OutlineGeographyLocationSizePopulationCulture

Geography Turkey is located in Middle East

Three sides of Turkey are surrounded by Black sea, Mediterranean sea and Aegean sea

It is like a bridge between Asia and Europe

Neighbors of Turkey

Size302535 square milesSmaller than America (more than

12.5 times)

Population72.561.312 people and nearly 17

million people live in Istanbul

National currencyTurkish Lira (TL)$1 = 1,4 TL.

Religion

Turkish and we use Latin or Roman Alphabet

In addition, Turkish Alphabet has “ ı, ö, ü, ş, ğ, ç ’’.

Language

The majority is Muslim

AnkaraIt is located

in the middle of Turkey

Nearly 8 million people

Capital City

The biggest city is Istanbul

Nearly 17 million people

Tourist citiesHagia Sofia (Istanbul)

The city of beach-Antalya

Diving

Konyaalti beach

Valley tour by balloon

Ancient City-MardinMardin Castle B.C. 4500

Ancient super market

A historical hotel

Traditional Holidays Children’s Day 23 April

Independence Day 30 August

Religious Holidays

Ramadan Eid• After Ramadan

Month• All families gather

and make dinner• Every person gets

different kinds of cookies and sugars

Qrban (Victim) Eid

Festival of Sacrifice

Similar to Thanksgiving

Every family brings some meats and give money for poor families

Traditional FoodsTurkish kebab

Doner

Baklava

Lokum (Delight)

Sourceshttp://www.gozlemci.net/4187-tur

kiye-nin-yuzolcumu-ve-sinirlari.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey

http://www.blurtit.com/q927947.html

http://www.mardinimiz.com/english/history.htm

http://www.x-rates.com/d/TRY/table.html

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