My country, my hometown, my school

2. Turkey , known officially as
the Republic of Turkey, is a
Eurasian country that
stretches across the
Anatolian peninsula in
western Asia and Thrace in
the Balkan region of
southeastern Europe.

3. Turkey is bordered by eight
countries: Bulgaria to the
northwest; Greece to the west;
Georgia to the northeast;
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran
to the east; and Iraq and Syria
to the southeast. The
Mediterranean Sea and
Cyprus are to the south; the
Aegean Sea to the west; and
the Black Sea is to the north.

4. In the recent years, Turkey has also become a popular
destination for culture, spa, and health care tourism.

6. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second
largest city after Istanbul. It is usual as a stop for travelers
who go to Cappadocia. The city enjoys an excellent
cultural life too, having a lot of museums and cultural

9. Yenimahalle is a
metropolitan district of
Ankara Province in the
Central Anatolia region of
Turkey, a fast-growing
urban residential district of
the city of Ankara, Turkey's
capital

10. Atatürk Orman Çiftligi - park and
farm, financed by Atatürk
personally to provide a place of
recreation and agriculture in the
city. Contains Ankara Zoo and a
full-size replica of the house in
Salonica where Atatürk was
born.
Akköprü- a bridge over the
Ankara River, built by the Seljuk
Turks in 1222, on the old trade
route to Baghdad.

11. Batikent is quiet and distant
from the city, but less so
now the metro reaches out
here. Once there was plenty
of open space but now much
of the area has been filled in
with estates of tower blocks.

12. My school has 26
classrooms, 1 laboratory, 4
technology and design
workshop, a library, a
meeting room, a music
room, a multi-purpose indoor
sports hall, staff room,
administration rooms and a
canteen.