TURKEY
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
Turkey is a bridge that connects Asia and Europe. Also,Turkey is in the North East hemisphere.
Turkey is surrounded by three land parts.It has four coastlines. These seas are Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
The government system in Turkey is Republic which was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the twenty ninth of October,1923. So, the monarchy was abolished
The currency is Turkish Lira.
The population is about eighty five millions.
There are many different cultures in Turkey. So we have a rich culture and history.
There are many historical and natural places to visit for tourists; Ephesus Ancient city is in İzmir. Many nations have lived there.
Capadocia is in Nevşehir. Lots of tourists visit there and this area is originated from the lava that was caused by Erciyes, Hasan and Güllüdağ Mountains.
Pamukkale is the biggest district of Denizli. There are Pamukkale Travertines and they have been on the list of UNESCO since 1988.
Nemrut Mountains is in Adıyaman. There are sculptures. Also Nemrut Mountain is on the list of UNESCO.
On the other hand we have a great cuisine. Turkish food is mouth pleasing for many people.
ISTANBUL
Istanbul is very important place in the world. Istanbul became the biggest and the most crowded city of Europe. Because, its location between Asia and Europe, the city always had a great geopolitical importance. The city population is nearly 16 millions.
İstanbul was conquered by Fatih Sultan Mehmet during the Ottoman Empire.
It’s former name is Konstantinopolis.
It has been the center of the world both in a cultural and architectural way and it hosted many cultures. It has been the capital of the world.
Around 2 millions tourists visit İstanbul every year. They want to see the historical and natural beauties of the city. The city has a lots of historical mosques, churchs and museums of Turkey.
Vedide Baha Pars Ortaokulu
Students in Vedide Baha Pars Secondary School have been receiving high quality educational programming for over 50 years in İstanbul. There are nearly 1250 students and 62 teachers in our school. Our school works in two period. In the morning, 7th and 8th grade students get education, in the afternoon 5th and 6th grades get education. There are 18 classrooms, a science lab, an ICT class, a music class, a gym and a conference hall in our school. We have been trying to raise kids who are interested in science, maths, technology, sports, music or art. Our students have performed many successes in the sports areas , such as basketball, football, athletics. They have won many medals in İstanbul. In addition to sports, our students are interested in chess. They have joined the tournaments of chess as a team and they have got some important and valuable degrees at these tournaments. Some of our students take parts in Fine Arts and Music activities. Their instructor teachers help them for taking place in the art shows or music shows. If our students are interested in literature, they can join the clubs for poem writing, reading or listening. They can also act in the plays for school shows. They can get degrees for writing the compositions about some specific subjects. In our school, there has been a coding club for 3 years. Our students took place in a robotic race in Romania this year. They have been the second in European countries. In addition to this, our school won the award of “fine examples in education” in İstanbul. Our Vision for the young people of Vedide Baha Pars secondary School is that they be ‘confident, connected, actively involved lifelong learners.’ The basis for all our decisions is serving for the learners.
