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Brief Introductions About Us

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This presentation includes introductions to…

Turkey (our country)

İzmir (the city we live in)

Karşıyaka (where our school is)

and our school

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Introduction to Turkey

(Flag of Republic of Turkey)

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Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches

across the western Asia and

southeastern Europe.

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Turkey is bordered by eight countries:Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

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Turkey is the successor state of the

defunct Ottoman Empire…

Ottoman Empire in 1683

(at the height of its power)

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… and it was founded by Mustafa Kemal

ATATÜRK after Turkish War of Independence

againstAllies of World War I.

Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK (1881 –

1938)

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Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces. 16 of them are metropole provinces.

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İzmir (where we are coming) İstanbul (pre-Republic capital – most famous

city)and Ankara (capital of Turkey)

are leading provinces of Turkey.

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The population of Turkey is 72.5

million.

Over 20.5 million live in

3 leading provinces.

Ethnic Turks form the majority of the

population.

The predominant religion is Islam but it is not official state

religion. (Since Turkey is a secular

state.)

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Turkey has close relations withboth Western and Eastern World.

It is member of many international and regional organizations.

Turkey has officially begun formal accession negotiations

with the European Union since October 3, 2005

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Education in Turkey

(This is the logo of Turkish Ministry of Education)

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Pre-Primary Education

Maximum of 3 years between the ages of 4 and 6.

For 6 years old kids it is compulsory and without any cost.

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Primary Education

8 years (ages of 7 and 14)

First 5 years classroom teachers , last 3 years branch teachers attend lessons.

Last 3 years students take an exam at the end of year. According to their total score they choose secondary education schools.

Primary eduction is compulsory and without any cost.

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Secondary Education

4 to 5 years according to kind of school

Main kinds are Anatolian High Schools, Science High Schools, and Vocational High Schools.

Completing school students who want higher education (university) degrees have to attend a two phased exam

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Higher education degrees offered by Turkish Universities

Associate Degree (2 years)

Undergraduate Degree (4 to 6 years)

Master Degree (2 to 3 years)

PhD Degree (4 to 5 years)

Some universities offer distance education for all of these degrees.

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Introduction Video Of Turkey

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Introduction to İzmir

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İzmir is located in the west part of Turkey.It is composed of 30 districts, 12 of which are

metropolitan districts.

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İzmir is…

the third most populous city in Turkey (3,5 million)

the second largest port city

Turkey’s third largest exporter and fifth largest importer

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İzmir has…

almost 5000 years of history

(Several artifacts dating roughly from 3000 BC

were found)

The Alsancak Terminal (1858)

the oldest train station in Turkey

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İzmir is home to…

7 Universities (3 public one and 4 private)

the third U.S. Space Camp in the world

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Food Associated to İzmir

A Kind of

Dessert

A Kind of

Patty

A Kind of

Fast Food

Lokma Boyoz Kumru

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Introduction Video Of İzmir

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Introduction to Karşıyaka

Exact English translation of Karşıyaka is “the opposite shore”

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Karşıyaka is located in the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir

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Karşıyaka is the second largest district of İzmir in terms of population

Karşıyaka's overall level of education is recognized as being of the highest in Turkey

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Sport is very important part of daily life in

Karşıyaka

Karşıyaka Sports Club is the sports club of

Karşıyaka

It is also called "KSK”

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KSK’s…

Football team is presently in second level but very close to Super League

Basketball and volleyball branches are leading contenders in their fields.

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Photos of Karşıyaka

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Introduction to Our School

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Our school is the oldest school in Karşıyaka (108 years)

There are nearly 1100 students and 33 classes.

Students of grades 5 to 8 (total 16 classes) come to school from 08:00 till 13:00

Students of grades 1 to 5 (total 17 classes) come to school from 13:00 till 18:00

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School Staff

a Headmaster

2 Assistants of Headmaster

2 Psychological Adviser

a Information Technologies Teacher

19 Classroom Teachers

27 Branch Teachers

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Our School Building includes:

17 Classrooms

a pre-primary education classroom

a computer lab

a science lab

a library

a school hall

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Introduction Video Of Our School

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