3. Turkey is a country which located on two continents, Asia and Europe.
Capital city of the Turkey is Ankara and the largest city is İstanbul.
4. Capital: Ankara Founder: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Largest City: İstanbul President: Abdullah Gül
Official Language: Turkish Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Government: Parliamentery Republic
Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)
Population: 73 million
9. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of
fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from
dawn until sunset.
A crescent moon can be seen over palm trees at sunset marking the beginning of
the Muslim month of Ramadan.
10. Sacrificy Festival is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide.
Muslims who can afford to buy a sheep, a cow or a lamb deliver the meat to friends,
neighbours, poor and needy people.
12. Childrens’ Day had its origin in Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey was
established on 1920, April 23, and to commemorate the event, April 23 was proclaimed a
national holiday in 1921. Since 1927 it has also become Children's Day, an official holiday
dedicated to the children of Turkey and the world. The day is celebrated annually in Turkey
with spectacular activities.
Celebrating Childrens’ Day in Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
13. Youth Day (The Commemoration of Atatürk) is an annual Turkish national holiday
celebrated on May 19 to commemorate the start of the Turkish War of Independence.
14. Republic Day: On October 29, 1923, the Turkish constitution was amended and
Turkey became a republic. This formally declared the dissolution of the Ottoman
Empire. In observance of the holiday, government offices and schools close for a
day. Also, there are fireworks shows in all cities of Turkey. That day everyone
commemorates Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
44. Döner Kebab is a Turkish dish
made of lamb meat. It cooked
on a vertical spit and sliced off
to order and served wrapped in
bread with salad.
45. İskender Kebab is another famous meal of Northwestern Turkey and takes
its name from its inventor, İskender Efendi, who lived in Bursa in the late
19th century.
It is a kind of döner kebab prepared from thinly cut grilled lamb or beef
basted with tomato sauce over pieces of bread and generously slathered
with melted butter and yogurt.
46. Mantı dumplings consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or
ground beef, in a dough wrapper, either boiled or steamed.
Mantı are typically served topped with yogurt and garlic and spiced
with red pepper powder and melted butter, and topped with ground
sumac and dried mint.
48. Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire.
Perhaps the best-known is the grape-leaf dolma.
Common vegetables to stuff include eggplant, tomato and pepper.
The stuffing may or may not include meat.
Meat dolma are generally served warm, often with sauce;
meatless ones are generally served cold with yogurt.
56. Ayran is a yogurt-based
beverage. It is a mixture of
yogurt, cold water, and
sometimes salt. Ayran is
usually served chilled, and is a
common accompaniment to
döner, kebab, etc.
57. Turkish tea is a type of tea
that is popular mainly in the
Turkish-speaking countries.
Within Turkey, the tea is
usually known as Rize tea.
Virtually all of the tea is
produced in the Rize
province, a Turkish province
on the Black Sea coast.
58. Turkish coffee is coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans
in a pot (cezve), possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup.