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• Atatürk is the leader of Turkey.

• He founded Turkish Republic in 1923.

• He was the first president of Turkey.

• He was a big general.

• Turkish people still follow his doctrines.

• It is one of the most romantic symbols of İstanbul.

• The first tower was constructed in the 12th century.

• The present building dates from 18th century.

• The ancient city of Olympos, is situated on the southern part of Turkey, in Antalya.

• A temple gate possibly built during the reign of Marcus Aerulius (161-180 AD)

• There are wooden houses and beautiful beaches.

• It is a region in central Turkey, largely in Nevşehir Province.

• It is still used to define a region of exceptional natural wonders.

• They are called as fairy chimneys and it is a unique historical and cultural

heritage.

• Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs.

• The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• It is lying at an altitude of approximately 1200 metres.

• It is a major tourist attraction of this region.

• Founded in the year 386 AD during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I (375 - 395).

• It is located at Mersin, the southern part of Turkey.

• At the beginning of the 12th century the Byzantines built a castle on a small island.

• This castle is called "maidens castle" (Turkish: Kız kalesi), because it was told that a king hid his daughter here until she was killed by a venomous snake. A fortune teller said that she would die by a snake bite. So her father was afraid and she was taken to the sea castle to protect her. But a snake was taken by basket to the castle in fruits, she was bitten and died.

• It is situated near the sea, the coast of Side (Antalya).

• It is a fountain and necropolis.

• It was the Roman Baths, now it is a museum.

• Mevlana, known to the English-speaking world as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic.

• Most of the people still follow his doctrines.

• The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père 1876–1909).

• The clock was a gift of German Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888–1918).

• It is decorated in an elaborate Ottoman architecture.

• The tower is at a height of 25 m (82 ft), features four fountains.

• It is situated in İstanbul.

• It has six minarets.

• It was built between 1609 and 1616 by the architect Mehmet.