Profile of Turkey (as sent by the Comenius Turkish Team)


Country: Turkey
capital city:Ankara
Currency:Türk Lira
Population: 74.000.000
Biggest cities: İstanbul,Ankara,İzmir
Boarders with: Bulgaria, Azarbaijan,Armenia,Georgia,Iraq,Iran,Syria,Greece
Flag: white and red
Religion:Islam
member of EU or ? No.Still candidate
Prime Minister name: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President name: Abdullah Gül
hero' s name: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
The most important events  in history:
1. The conquest of İstanbul  1453.
2. The Battle of Malazgirt  1071.
3.Gallipoli Battle  (1915) .British Commonwealth and French troops struggled to take the peninsula between February 19, 1915 and January 9, 1916.
5 . Independence War (1919-1922), was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I.

the most famous food/drink/dessert/ dishes: manti,yaprak sarma,döner ,kebab,
drinks :ayran,raki
dessert:baklava
Celebrities in :politics- Turgut Özal,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ,
Sport: Hakan Şükür  (footballer )Pronunciation:(shukur),Arda Turan (footballer),Hidayet Türkoglu (basketballer) ,Galatasaray (football team)
 Nobel Prize winner:Orhan Pamuk
World song Contest Winner :Sertap Erener