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CELEBRATIONS IN TURKEY

Feast of Sacrifice

It is one of Islam's most important holidays. It is a holiday that explains the importance of sharing and helping each other.

29th October Republic Day

It is the anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic.

30th August Victory Day

Victory Day commemorates the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar which was the decisive battle in the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.

LANDMARKS OF TURKEY

Maiden Castle was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi (formerly Ghorgos), Mersin Province, Turkey

Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was built by the architect Sinan between 1568 and 1575.

Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary located at Karadağ within the Pontic Mountains, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.

Gobeklitepe which reveals this structure dating back to 11,000 BC, is
considered to be the oldest and largest worship center in its history

Ephesus Ancient City The city is famous for the nearby Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Among many other monumental structures is the Library of Celsus and a theater that can hold 25,000 spectators. Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM TURKEY

Fazıl Say is a Turkish pianist and
composer. He was appointed by the European Union with the title of "Cultural Ambassador"

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; (1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, (born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter and actor and film director best known for the Palme d'Or winning Winter Sleep (2014). He has Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award.

Aziz Sancar (born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair

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