31. TECHNOBIRD IS IN DİYARBAKIR
31.1. Emine Dicle- Şehit Birkan Gündüz Secondary School
As the members of the e-twinning project“ Better Together”, we are going on a picnic. After the picnic at Gazi Pavilion, we plan to go on a city tour. When we have really enjoyed the picnic, we visit the pavilion that the Great Leader Atatürk stayed when he visited Diyarbakir. We get on the school bus to go sightseeing. As the history of Diyarbakır goes back to Meds or even to 3000 B. C. s, there are many historical places.
Just as the bus starts moving, a bird bumps into the glass. We all are shocked, and get off the bus to understand. There is a bird with an injured wing. We are very sorry about it, so we decide to go to a vet. But, suddenly, the bird starts speaking, saying“ Don’ t worry, I’ ll be fine soon. And, don’ t be scared. I’ m TechnoBird. I love travelling. It was a tough landing, right?”, and it starts laughing. We are all both surprised and amused. We all start laughing at the same time. TechnoBird wants to join our group to go around.
We start with the Ongözlü Bridge. TechnoBird is taken aback when we tell it that the rivers Dicle and Fırat have been fostering Mezopotamya-the wide territory between them- over the years, as River Dicle runs thin then. Later, we go to Hz. Süleyman Mosque. There are tombs of 27 companions( sahabe) of Prophet Muhammad. We pray all together. Afterwards, we hang around in the great park around the mosque and visit the Diyarbakır Museum next to it. The museum used to be the prison where harsh punishments were applied.
Now that we are really hungry, we go to a good restaurant to eat their delicious kebab. TechnoBird looks dizzy by its taste and the appetizers, which makes us laugh. It says it is the fullest table it has had ever. After the lunch, we go to Inner Castle( Suriçi), The Grand Mosque( Ulucami), and, finally to the Sülüklü Han to drink some terebinth( menengiç) coffee. But some prefer Dibek coffee, which is awesome too. TechnoBird loves their taste so much that it wants to take some to its friends. So, we go back to Hasanpaşa Hanı. This place is
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