Cultural Heritage eTwinning Project/short story

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ADA SEGUINO /IIS&nbsp;"Carlo e Nello Rosselli"Aprilia, Italy Once she arrives in Italy,&nbsp;she definitely wants to make as many people as possible know and visit the magnificent country of Turkey. She wants to create, with the help of some of her friends, Paolo and Sara in Italy, who work in a popular online tour operator, a promotional tour sightseeing website, with specific optional tours, and find other channels to show the historical monuments and naturalistic places she visited in her unforgettable tour. She was struck by all places she visited, but she also was ready to possibly welcome everything she saw and every person she met in her life experience. Anyway, Isabella deeply believes that she had the right opportunity in a proper moment of her life. She wouldn't have appreciated what she saw in another period of her life. She was lucky to be given a graduation project to discover one of the most beautiful Mediterranean countries. She can say that now she has new eyes and nothing will ever be the same.&nbsp;

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Alankent Multi Programmed Anatolian High School / Müzeyyen KOCA

Then Isabella woke up very early, had her breakfast and continued her journey in Ordu. On her way to Ordu, she was amazed by the wonderful sightseeings of forests and nut trees. She was going to meet her friends Elveda, Nazlı, Sıla, Devrim, Tuğçe, Gülay and Nezaket in a restaurant in the city centre. They started to talk about what they were going to eat that day for lunch. Isabella’s Turkish friends talked about the fact that fresh vegetables are so famous and used in the cousinie of Ordu, such as Sakarca and Fresh Green Pea Kaygana (a traditional sort of Omelette). So they decided to taste those delicious meals. After the lunch, Elveda mentioned that there was a Konak (Old Mansion) named Paşaoğlu Konağı at Selimiye District. She said that it was built by Paşaoğlu Hüseyin Efendi in 1896, and the Konak is now used as an ethnography museum. When Isabella heard that, she couldn’t wait to see the artifacts inside the museum. So they went to the Konak. Isabella was attracted by the old clothes, jewelleries and the rooms that represents the features of the Konak’s history.

Isabella's second station was Cizre.Pınar,Lubeyna,Nurşin,Eylül,Emin and Siraç were happy and excited.They wanted to meet with Isabella immediately. Isabella came to Cizre and went home for a rest,their family were very hospitable.They prepared Mumbar,Çiğköfte,Dolma for lunch.After meal,they started to visit historical places ;Grand Mosque,Tomb of Noah the Prophet,Mir Abdal Mosque,Abdaliye Medrese,Kırmızı Medrese and Tomb of Mem and Zin Mem and Zin was a tragic love story.Pınar started to tell the story.Mem fell in love with Zin.Doorman (Bekir) told lies to lovers .Mem died .Zin received the news and collapsed.Zin died while mourning the death of Mem at his grave. Isabella was sad ,she hadn't heard this story before.But now it was time to go,she promised tocome again and continued her journey.

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SAİM BİRCAN / Karakeçili Atatürk Secondary School

After wandering around the city center, they went to Karaahmetli Nature Park to relax and have a picnic at the same time. Because Isabella had an interest in history, they took her to the Çeşnigir Bridge. After a little strolling there, they set out for home.&#160;

The next day, the girls had breakfast near Sulu Cave Underground City. Isabaella said she loved the places she visited and the food she ate for breakfast. Finally, She said It was time to go on her journey. She was very pleased to have met the girls and they said goodbye to her for her next journey.

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ADA SEGUINO /IIS&nbsp;"Carlo e Nello Rosselli"Aprilia, Italy &nbsp;&nbsp;Isabella was sad to come back home. The day after she would take her flight to Rome.&nbsp; Her spectacular journey in Turkey was going to be over. She visited a lot of wonderful places and admired breathtaking views. She will bring amazing memories with her she will never forget. She met a lot of dear friends, and discovered how warm and friendly Turkish people are. She was so grateful to&nbsp;Sıla, Eylül, Pınar, Lübeyna, Emin,Eylül,Nurşin, Beril, Berfin,Hamiyet,Erdinç , Oğuzhan,Azra,Elif Sena,Filiz , Ecem, Sena, Aleyna,Buse,Selin, Kerem, Gülay, Ömer, Ahmet, Firdevs Nur, Elif, Sudenaz, Ebrar, Aslı,Medine, Elveda, Nazlı, Sıla, Devrim, Tuğçe, Gülay ,Nezaket,Hamide, Müfide, Nisa, Zübeyde and Medine&nbsp;for allowing her to be captured&nbsp;by the beauty and the magic of some wonderful places in Turkey and to try tasty food everywhere.

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EMİNE NİGAR /GAZİ ŞAHİN ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL Then, they went to Elmadağ traditional Tirit festival; Tirit was a kind of dish containing meat and local bread, also they tasted yogurt soup, Elmadağ Çöreği, and Höşmerim. Isabella found these meals very delicious and thought she would never forget these tastes… At the end of the day, she left the town with good memories in her mind and great tastes in her mouth for the next destination.

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Alankent Multi Programmed Anatolian High School / Tuba Karşı

The eighth destination of Isabella was Ordu.After she had seen some pictures&nbsp;from there, she decided to visit this city which is located in the East side of Black Sea Region. Initially, she directly went to Boztepe.She viewed all city from there and ate some specials&nbsp;at the restaurant by watching the hilarious view. There, she met some students:Medine,Ayşenur,Elanur,Leyla and Ömer when she ate Galdirik Kavurması,Pancar Döşemesi, Hamsi köftesi etc. and her new friends gave her some&nbsp;information about the city and meal. Then her new friends offered to go to Aybastı Plateau.Before coming to the plateau,on their way they visited Çiseli Waterfall, too. She felt really happy in nature but the biggest surprise was when they arrived to Aybastı. She thought that was a dream due to the beauty of nature.They had fun there but unfortunately it was time to turn back. That night she was the new friends guest at their home.

ÜMMÜHAN ÖYKÜ KORKMAZ/Emine Konukoğlu İmam Hatip Secondary School &nbsp;Isabella’s final destination in Turkey was Gaziantep. Her friends Hamide, Müfide, Nisa, Zübeyde and Medine welcomed Isabella with great pleasure. She already knew Gaziantep was one of Turkey's most well-known foodie destinations but did not know that people were eating liver for breakfast. There were also those who preferred beyran (a lamb-based broth with rice much like "kelle paça") and katmer (fried layers of phyllo dough wrapped around crushed pistachios drenched in buttermilk and sugar).&nbsp; &nbsp;After breakfast, they decided to visit Gaziantep Archaeological Museum. Then, Isabella said that she was curious about Gaziantep Castle and they went there. It was originally built by the Hittite kingdoms on a hill that stands high on the surrounding land. After this touristic tour, Medine offered to go shopping. Isabella accepted this offer with pleasure. They decided to go to the Bakırcılar Çarşısı (Copper bazaar) and Zincirli Bedesten where the most local and authentic goods can be found in Gaziantep. She bought kutnu (a kind of cloth locally produced in Gaziantep region and Anatolia), copper plates and&nbsp;leather shoes from these places.&nbsp; Captured by the magic of this mystical city, Isabella and her friends felt hungry. Fortunately, Gaziantep was a city famous for its food and eating kebab in a historical caravanserai would be a great choice. At the end of this trip, Isabella and her friends sat in a cafe and drank tea with baklava.While saying goodbye to her friends, she stated that she wanted to come back here.

After they visited the historical Konak, they decided to go to a greener place. The right place for that was Yason Church, as the ancient church was located just between the sea and the land. So they visited the church. Before the sunset, Nazlı and Devrim offered to visit Ulugöl and Ohtamış Waterfall. There they ate Fasulye Diblesi and Sarma with Corn crumbles as dinner. The final destination was Çambaşı Highlands and the Ski Center. They camped and made a fire in the highlands. All their tiredness was gone away by the fresh air and the warmth of the campfire. They talked about their future dreams and Isabella promised her Turkish friends that she will definitely come back later again. They slept in their tents, and the next morning, Isabella’s Turkish friends took her to the airport for her flight to Gaziantep. They hugged and said farewell.

EMİNE NİGAR / GAZİ ŞAHİN ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL Isabella's sixth destination was Elmadağ, another district of Ankara. She met with Selin, Kerem, Gülay, Ömer, Ahmet, and Firdevs Nur here and they started wandering around the town.&nbsp;Firstly, they visited Hasanoğlan Science High School, it was not an ordinary school, it was founded as Village Institute to train teachers in 1946. It was on a huge area; there was an Open-air amphitheater, Fine Arts, Cinema, Music Hall Turkish bath, Bakery, Workshops, Swimming pools, Indoorgym, the library which serves students with 26000 books, one part was being used as a museum, and also a school museum, etc. They learned that most of these facilities had been constructed by students and teachers on their own, so Isabella was fascinated by that.

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SAİM BİRCAN /Karakeçili Atatürk Secondary School

After meeting many friends and seeing many places, she enthusiastically went to his next stop, Kırıkkale. Here she met Elif and Sudenaz, and then Ebrar, Aslı and Medine joined this group of friends.

Together they ate Tuvalak and Bulgur Pilaf, one of the famous dishes of Kırıkkale. After some rest, they visited MKE Arms Museum, Kırıkkale Houses and Kırıkkale Martyrs Park.

ZEYNEP HAZEL ARSLAN /Haymana Multi-Progarammed Anatolian High School Isabella's fifth destination was Haymana,,Ankara. She met with Ecem, Sena, Aleyna and Buse in Haymana. Haymana is famous for Turkish<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_bath"> </a>baths. The waters are volcanically heated and contain many healing properties. Haymana healing waters are effective in the treatment of many different diseases There are many hotels for visitors. They stayed a Thermal hotel for two days. They had great time in there. They benifited from thermal pools, spa, sauna, massage and other facilities. It was fantastic short holiday for them. She left for her next destination

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