HALKAPINAR YATILI BÖLGE ORTAOKULUHALKAPINAR REGIONAL BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL

WHO ARE WE?• Registered office • HALKAPINAR YATILI BÖLGE ORTAOKULU• (HALKAPINAR REGIONAL BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL)• Bahcelievler District• buyukdogan Street No: 1• HALKAPINAR/KONYA/TURKEY• Legal status:General secondary school• Number of students:156• Number of teachers:21• Director of the school:ÖMER FARUK GÜMÜŞ• Co-managers of the school:UĞUR ERTAN , ERDEN İNCİ, HÜSEYİN AYDIN• Students status: Students are between 11 and 14 age.They come from villages of

Halkapınar.• Educational objectives:• 1:Improving their knowledge and skills• 2:Preparing them to high school• 3:Providing facilities to pass high school.• 4:Guiding them on types of high schools.

WHERE ARE WE IN EUROPE? TURKEY

• Turkey  is a contiguous transcontinental country, located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.Turkey's location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of significant geostrategic importance.

• The area now called Turkey has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, including various Ancient Anatolian civilizations andThracian peoples.After Alexander the Great's conquest, the area was Hellenized, which continued with the Roman rule and the transition into the Byzantine Empire. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century, starting the process of Turkification, which was greatly accelerated by the Seljuk victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243, upon which it disintegrated into several small Turkish beyliks. Starting from the late 13th century, the Ottoman beylik united Anatolia and created an empire encompassing much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed following its defeat in World War I, parts of it were occupied by the victorious Allies. The Turkish War of Independence, initiated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues, resulted in the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923, with Atatürk as its first president.

• Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage.The vast majority of the population is Muslim.

Language

• The country's official language is Turkish, which is spoken by approximately 85% of the population as mother tongue. Around 12% of the population speaks Kurdish as mother tongue. Arabic and Zaza are the mother tongues of more than 1% of the population each, and several other languages are the mother tongues of smaller parts of the population.

Educational system in Turkey• The Ministry of National Education is responsible for pre-tertiary education. New

legislation introduced in March 2012 prolonged compulsory education to twelve years, divided in four years of primary school, four years of middle school and four years of high school. Among Turkish people in the 25-34-year bracket, 42% have attained at least upper secondary education, compared with anOECD average of 82%. Basic education in Turkey is considered to lag behind other OECD countries, with significant differences between high and low performers. Turkey is ranked 32nd out of 34 in the OECD's PISA study.[194] Access to high-quality school heavily depends on the performance in the secondary school entrance exams, to the point that some students begin taking private tutoring classes when they're 10 years old.

• By 2013, there were 166 universities in Turkey. Entry in the higher education system is regulated by the Student Selection Examination (LYS). In 2013, the quota of admitted students was 600,000, compared to 1,700,000 who took the LYS exam in 2013. Except for the Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, entrance is regulated by the national LYS examination, after which high school graduates are assigned to universities according to their performance. According to the 2012-2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the top university in Turkey is Middle East Technical University (in the 201-225 rank range), followed by Bilkent University and Koç University (both in the 226-250 range), Istanbul Technical University and Boğaziçi University (in the 276-300 bracket).

• As of 2012, a total of 27,197 preschools, 29,169 elementary schools, 16,987 junior schools and 10,418 high schools (including private funded) are regulated by the Ministry of National Education.

Religion• Religions in Turkey

Geography

• Turkey is a transcontinental Eurasian country. Asian Turkey (made up largely of Anatolia), which includes 97% of the country, is separated from European Turkey by the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles (which together form a water link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean).  European Turkey (eastern Thrace or Rumelia in the Balkanpeninsula) comprises 3% of the country.

• The territory of Turkey is more than 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) long and 800 km (500 mi) wide, with a roughly rectangular shape. It lies between latitudes 35°and 43° N, and longitudes 25° and 45° E. Turkey's area, including lakes, occupies 783,562 square kilometres (300,948 sq mi), of which 755,688 square kilometres (291,773 sq mi) are in Southwest Asia and 23,764 square kilometres (9,174 sq mi) in Europe.Turkey is the world's 37th-largest country in terms of area. The country is encircled by seas on three sides: the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean to the south. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara in the northwest.

• The European section of Turkey, East Thrace, forms the borders of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria. The Asian part of the country,Anatolia, consists of a high central plateau with narrow coastal plains, between the Köroğlu and Pontic mountain ranges to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south. Eastern Turkey has a more mountainous landscape and is home to the sources of rivers such as the Euphrates, Tigris and Aras, and contains Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest point at 5,137 metres (16,854 ft),and Lake Van, the largest lake in the country.

• Turkey is divided into seven census regions: Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean.

WHERE ARE WE IN TURKEY?• Konya

• AREA: 38.183km²  POPULATION: 1.750.303 TRAFFIC CODE: 42

• DISTRICTS: Konya (center), Ahırlı, Akören, Akşehir, Altınekin, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Cihanbeyli, Çeltik, Çumra, Derbent, Derebucak, Doğanhisar, Emirgazi, Ereğli, Güneysınır, Hadim, Halkapınar, Hüyük, Ilgın, Kadınhanı, Karapınar, Karatay, Kulu, Meram, Sarayönü, Selçuklu, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Tuzlukçu, Yazlıhöyük, Yunak.

• Konya is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey which has protected its name for centuries. Legend says that Perseus killed a dragon that had been ravaging the town. The people set up a special monument to honor him, a stone obelisk with an icon of Perseus carved in it. This event gave the city it's name, Ikonyon, Ikonyum, Iconium.

• However, among Muslims, another legend is told. Two dervishes, friends of Allah, were making an excursion through the skies from the far away countries of Horasan toward the west. When they flew over the lands of central Anatolia, one asked the other, "Shall I land?" ("Konayim mi?"). The other answered, "Sure, land." ("Kon ya!") So, they landed and founded the city of Konya.

• Archaeology shows that the Konya region is one of the most ancient settlements of Anatolia. The results of excavations inCatalhöyük, Karahöyük, Cukurkent and Kucukoy show the region was inhabited as far back as the Neolithic Period (Late Stone Age) of BC 7000. Other settlers of the city before Islam were; the Calcolitic Period (Copper Age) civilizations, Bronze Age civilizations, Hittites, Frigians, Lidians, Persians, Romansand finally Byzantines.

• Konya is an important place for Christians as well because St. Paul and St. Barnabas came to the city on one of their journeys in Asia Minor around 50 AD.St. Paul preached in Konya but they angered both Jews and Gentiles so they had to leave the city and went to Derbe and Lystra.

• The first exposure of the city to Islam happened during the time of the Caliph Muaviya. Later, attacks made by Arabic Muslims, whether Emevi's or Abbasi's, yielded no results. Konya's real meeting with and adopting of Islam began some time after the victory of Seljuks at Malazgirt in 1071, in the time of Kutalmisoglu Suleyman. The attacks of the Crusaders from 1076 to the end of the 12th century could not wrench the city from Islam.

• Konya was the capital of Seljuks between 1071 and 1308. In 1220 Alaaddin Keykubad I repaired the city wall and decorated them with towers. But the city has been the site of a power - struggle between the Seljuks, Karamanoglu's, Mongols, and Ilhan's and it changed hands a few times. In the time of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, in 1466, Konya joined the lands of the Ottoman Empire. The first general census was made by the sultan and repeated in the time of Bayazit II,Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, and Murad III.

• In the time of Kanuni Suleyman, the city, which had been named as Karaman ili, reached the status of statehood. The borders of the Karaman state, which included the regions of Larende (Karaman), Seydisehri, Beysehri, Nigde, Kayseri (Cesarea), Aksaray, Maras, Elbistan, and Bozok, were reduced when Maras became its own state and Bozok was added to another state.

• Konya was affected by the Celali Rebellion. This rebellion was an outcome of the instability in the Ottoman government and land orders in the Ottoman army was defeated by the command of Ibrahim Pasa, Grand Vizir of Sultan Suleyman, in the Battle of Konya.

• The borders of the province of Konya, which was set up in 1867, included Nigde, Isparta, Icel and Teke Sanjaks. The most important place to visit in Konya is Mevlana's Mausoleum, the mystic poet on the way of sufism and the founder of the Whirling Dervish order.

LOCATION OF OUR SCHOOL

Our school is located in Halkapınar district, Konya, Turkey and is not far from the centre of province. Halkapinar locates 168 km. to the east of the provincial centre. While it was a town of Ereğli district, it became district in 1991. Today it governs at total of 15 villages and towns.

Halkapınar is one of the oldest settlement areas of Anatolia. The Ivriz rock Relief is the first

agricultural monument of the world. Among other commemorative monuments, Warpalawas is most notably commissioned the carving of a rock-relief at the site of Ivriz near a spring, south of Tuwanuwa in the province of Konya. In the relief, he is depicted with the storm-god Tarhunzas. His attire in the relief is seen as an evidence for his kingdom's close affinity with the Phrygians. The relief is accompanied with a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription."I, supreme and heroic, king of Tyana, planted these grapevines when I was a prince in the palace. May Tarhunzas give them his blessing and abundance"

Halkapınar is attractive with The Ivriz River and areas for mountain tourism. It is near mevlana’s city , fairy chimneys,Mersin and Adana.

WHAT DO WE DO IN EUROPE?• AGRICULTURE OF TURKEY

INDUSTRY OF TURKEY

TURKEY EXPORTS

• Turkey major exports are: textiles and clothing, automotive, iron and steel, white goods and chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Turkey is also one of the leading shipbuilding nations. Turkey's main export partners are European Union, United States and Russia.

TOURIST ASPECTS

• There are a lot of cultural and natural heritages in Turkey. Turkey has approximately 2,700 historical ruins some dating back to prehistoric times and 41,000 works of culture. "World Cultural Heritage List" there are 11 heritage sites from Turkey, out of 981 properties (as of August 2013) around the world (759 cultural, 193 natural and 29 mixed properties in 160 countries). Two of these sites are "mixed" (Goreme and Pamukkale) and 9 of them are "cultural" heritage sites. These are:

• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (1985)

• Great (Ulu) Mosque and Hospital (Darüssifa) of Divrigi in Sivas (1985)

• Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985)

• Hattusha (Bogazköy) - Hittite Capital (1986)

• Nemrut Mountain in Adiyaman (1987)

• Hierapolis - Pamukkale (1988)

• Xanthos - Letoon near Antalya (1988)

• City of Safranbolu (1994)

• Archaeological Site of Troy (1998)

• Selimiye Mosque Complex in Edirne (2011)

• Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk in Konya (2012)

Other touristic aspects of turkey• Other touristic aspects of turkey

• Ephesus site (1994)

• Karain cave in Antalya (1994)

• Alahan Monastery in Mersin (2000)

• Alanya (2000)

• Bursa and Cumalikizik Early Ottoman urban and rural settlements (2000)

• Gulluk Mountain - Termessos National Park in Antalya (2000)

• Harran and Sanliurfa (2000)

• Ishak Pasha Palace in Dogubeyazit - Agri (2000)

• Kekova (2000)

• Konya - Capital of Seljuk Civilization (2000)

• Mardin cultural landscape (2000)

• Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (2000)

• St. Nicholas Church in Demre (2000)

• St. Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters in Tarsus (2000)

• Sumela Monastery - Monastery of Virgin Mary in Trabzon (2000)

• Citadel and Walls of Diyarbakir (2000)

• Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel (2000)

• Archaeological site of Aphrodisias (2009)

• Ancient cities of Lycian Civilization (2009)

• Archaeological site of Sagalassos (2009)

• Archaeological site of Perge (2009)

• Esrefoglu Mosque near Konya (2011)• Archaeological site of Gobeklitepe (2011)• St. Pierre Church in Hatay (2011)• Pergamum site (2011)• Aizanoi Antique City (2012)• Historic City of Ani (2012)• Archeological Site of Zeugma (2012)• Gordion (2012)• Historic Town of Birgi in Odemis town near Izmir (2012)• Mausoleum and Sacred area of Hecatomnus in Milas district of Mugla (2012)• Medieval City of Becin in Milas district of Mugla (2012)• Historical Monuments of Nigde (2012)• Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop near Karatepe in Gaziantep province

(2012)• Odunpazari Historical Urban Site in Eskisehir (2012)• Mamure Castle near Alanya (2012)• Haci Bektas Veli Complex (2012)• Archaeological site of Laodicea (2013)• Salt Lake (Tuz Gölü) (2013)• Ancient city of Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe (2013)• Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to

the Black Sea (2013)

TURKISH CUISINE 

• Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, which can be described as a fusion and refinement of Central Asian, Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Turkish cuisine also influenced these cuisines and other neighbouring cuisines, as well as western European cuisines. The Ottomans fused various culinary traditions of their realm with influences from Middle Eastern cuisines, along with traditional Turkic elements from Central Asia such as yogurt. The Ottoman Empire indeed created a vast array of technical specialities. It can be observed that various regions of the Ottoman Empire contain varying selections from the vast array of Ottoman dishes.

• Taken as a whole, Turkish cuisine is not homogeneous. Aside from common Turkish specialities that can be found throughout the country, there are also many region-specific specialities. The Black Sea region's cuisine (northern Turkey) is based on corn and anchovies. The southeast—Urfa, Gaziantep and Adana—is famous for its kebabs, mezes and dough-based desserts such as baklava, kadayıf and künefe. Especially in the western parts of Turkey, where olive trees are grown abundantly, olive oil is the major type of oil used for cooking. The cuisines of the Aegean, Marmara and Mediterranean regions display basic characteristics of Mediterranean cuisine as they are rich in vegetables, herbs, and fish. Central Anatolia is famous for its pastry specialities such as keşkek (kashkak), mantı (especially of Kayseri) and gözleme.

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• The name of specialities sometimes includes the name of a city or a region (either in Turkey or outside). This suggests that a dish is a speciality of that area, or may refer to the specific technique or ingredients used in that area. For example, the difference between Urfa kebab and Adana kebab is the use of garlic instead of onion and the larger amount of hot pepper that kebab contains.

Doner Kebab

• Slices of marinated lamb on a tall vertical spit and grilled as it slowly turns are delicious. The cooked parts of the cone of meat are cut in very thin slices by a huge sword-like knife, and arranged on a plate with Ace or flat pide (pitta) bread. This dish is the most formidable obstacle to the victory of the hamburger in the fast food market.

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Chicken Shish Kebab

 

Chicken Shish Kebab; very tasty and delicious turkish kebab type. Made from chicken meat so if you dont like red meat this is good for you.

Manti

Manti is a paste meal which is very popular in Kayseri city From Turkey. Manti is a delicious and fresh paste food it is served with yoghurt and garlic sauce if you like garlic.

Pide

Pide is a very common food in Turkey..You could find pide any corner of the streets..Its like Newyork with its pizzaria stores on every corner of the street. Pide comes in different fillings. Such as: Meat pide, spanich pide, cheese pide, and more…

Sarma-Dolma

• Sarma refers to a dish that can be prepared with grape, cabbage, or chard leaves. The term sarma derives from Turkish verb "sarmak," which means to wrap or to roll. It can be prepared with rice and spices (vegetarian) or with rice and ground meat. Both are delicious. Sometimes sarma is called dolma, too, yet on the western part of Turkey, rolled leaves are always called sarma.

Gozleme

• Gozleme is a village dish made of flat lavas (lah-VAHSH) bread folded over various ingredients then baked on a griddle, has been a popular light meal for centuries in Turkey.

Baklava

Baklava is the delicious middle-eastern dessert. The first known recipe for a baklava-like treat dates back to 1330 C.E. Culinary historians believe modern baklava originated in the courts of the Ottoman Turks, and indeed today it is found in the countries that once made up the Ottoman Empire.

• Baklava is made by layering sheets of paper-thin phyllo dough, each coated with butter. The butter keeps the dough from fusing together during the baking process. Once half the phyllo is down, it is covered with a mixture of crushed walnuts or pistachios, spices and sugar. The other half of the phyllo dough is then laid down on top, again alternating with coats of butter. Before it is put into the oven, the baklava is cut into the familiar diamond-shape pattern.

Turkish Delight

• In Turkey, Turkish Delight is a real taste of sweeties also known as Lokum in Turkish. Turkish delight is a kind of candy and well know  by lots of World. It is very popular and delicious because of its composition.

Turkish Coffee & Tea

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, where the dregs settle. It is common throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus, and the Balkans, and in their expatriate communities and restaurants in the rest of the world. Coffeehouse culture was highly developed in the former Ottoman world, and this is the dominant style of preparation.

Tea is, quite possibly, as ubiquitous to Turkish culture as its more famous caffeine-cousin, Turkish Coffee. No office would dare cutback on its employees’ continual indulgence in glass after glass of the brew – served strong, black and piping hot is thin, small, tulip-shaped glasses called 'ince belli. Turkey, in fact, is the fifth largest tea drinking country in the world.