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TURKEY I have written an article about the Turks and Turkey . We will examine the Turks in 6 parts . Last note it does not include everything about Turks . Part 1 : The Turks in the world history
Ilber Ortayli ( a famous us historian ) says ‘’ World history can ’ t be written without Turks ’ in his book named ‘’ Turk ’ s history ” ( in Turkish ‘’ Türklerin Tarihi ”). Because Turk ’ s are everywhere in the history of the world . For example when we look at to the Chinese resources we will see the Turks .
Part 2 : The Turkish literature
In Turkey there is too many authors and poets for example Sabahattin Ali and Oguz Atay . Sabahattin Ali is the author of ‘’ Madonna In A Fur Coat ’’. Oguz Atay is the author of ‘’ The Disconnected ’’ and ‘’ Dangerous Games ’’. The UNESCO says ‘’ probably the most eminent novel of twentieth-century Turkish literature ’’ about Oguz Atay ’ s The Disconnected .
Part 3 : Turkish Historians
So you decided to research about the Turkish history but you have no idea about where you should start . In my opinion if you want to research about the Turkish history first you have to read Turkish historians like Halil Inalcık , Ilber Ortaylı but it ’ s not limited to only them . But you have to choose it carefully because some historians are not objective .
Part 4 : Turkish Flag
I will tell a common theory about this . According to this theory the moon symbolizing Islam and the star symbolizing independence and the red colour symbolizing the blood of our martyrs . And there is a story about this flag someday in a war . There formed a blood Pond with the blood of Turkish martyrs and the moon and the star reflected to the blood pond . But it ’ s just a story .
Part 5 : Turkish Language
There is a misconception about our language . Turks don ’ t speak Arabic . Turks have their own language and our alphabet is not Arabic . Turks are using the Latin alphabet .
Part 6 : Traditional Turkish food
Many tourists or foreign persons love our food . We have many traditional foods like kebab , lokum etc .
I hope these could be helpful . Thanks for reading . ( Written by Arda Özcan from 9 th class )