The document provides information about Turkey, including its location bordering several countries in Eurasia and the Balkans, its founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his principles of reforms, and several important cities and historical sites in Turkey such as Istanbul, Ephesus, Cappadocia, and Nemrut Mountain. It also describes the Marmara region in northwest Turkey and some of its major cities like Bursa, Tekirdag, and Kocaeli, as well as details about the city of Gebze and the Eskihısar Castle and Osman Hamdi Bey Museum located there.

1. THE PRESENTATION OF OUR COUNTRY; TURKEY OSMANGAZI PRIMARY SCHOOL

2. Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southern Europe. Turkey is bordered by six countries:Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia.They also seperate Europe and Asia. MAP OF TURKEY

5. The capital city of Turkey;Ankara Ankara has a vibrant cultural and artistic life with many select ballet, theatre, opera and folk dance performances. The city's Philharmonic Orchestra, which always plays to a packed house, is especially famous.

7. İSTANBUL Topkapı Palace was the center of Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. Dolmabahce Palace was built in the 19th century.Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, died in Dolmabahçe on November 10,1938.

8. İSTANBUL Considered the most beautiful of all imperial mosques in Istanbul, Suleymaniye Mosque was built between 1550 and 1557 by Sinan, the renowned architect of the Ottoman golden age. The Basilica of St. Sophia, now called the Ayasofya Museum , is unquestionably one of the finest buildings of all time.

9. İSTANBUL Rumeli Hisari , or the European Fortress , was built by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1452 prior to his capture of Istanbul. The Istanbul land wall stretch seven kilometers from the Sea of Marmara to the Golden Horn. Restored recently, these walls date from the fifth century and the reign of Emperor Theodosius II.

10. İSTANBUL Bosphorus Known as Leander's Tower ,Kiz Kulesi is one of the romantic symbols of Istanbul. ORTAKOY MOSQUE

13. HISTORICAL AND TOURISTIC PLACES IN TURKEY It is a palace that was built on a hill in east Beyazit in 1789 by İshak Pasha who was the son of vizier Hasan Pasha. Having approximately 360 rooms and lounges ,the palace fits the qualities of a traditional Ottoman Palace . Rumi was a 13th century Persian Poet and Sufi mystic. Rumi, was a philosopher and mystic of Islam. His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. Looking with the same eye on Muslim, Jew and Christian alike, his peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to people of all sects and creeds.

15. HISTORICAL AND TOURISTIC PLACES IN TURKEY ABANT LAKE IN BOLU ULUDAĞ SKI-CENTER IN BURSA

16. HISTORICAL AND TOURISTIC PLACES IN TURKEY SÜMELA MANASTIRI ASOS BODRUM ANTALYA

23. GEBZE Gebze (ancient names: Dakibyza and Libyssa ) is an industrial city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Situated 30 miles east of Istanbul on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara , it is the largest district of Kocaeli; Gebze has experienced rapid growth in recent years- 282,444 in 2009. Gebze accounts for 15% of Turkish industrial production.

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