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20. TECHNOBIRD IS IN KONYA
20.1. Aslı SORUÇ- Kemal Hatipoğlu Prımary School
It is an ordinary day for the children in Kemal Hatipoğlu Primary School. Some of them have
an English lesson and they are waiting for their teacher. When their English teacher comes in
the classroom, any of them knows the surprise. Their teacher comes in the classroom with a
new friend. But it is a little different friend, it is a bird. The teacher introduces the technological
bird to her students, “It is your new friend, Technobird. We’re going to introduce it our city.”
The students are very excited and Technobird is excited too.
The students ask Technobird where to go and want to see. It says it already sees the Mevlana
Museum, Alaaddin Mosque, Catalhoyuk and Sille. So they decide to go to Salt Lake. Salt Lake
is the second largest lake of Turkey so Technobird is very interested in it.
Salt Lake has a huge area but for most of the year it is shallow, especially in dry summer
months. Because the water evaporates in huge quantities. It leaves a tick crust of salt on the
surface. This salt is extracted, worked, refined and sold in markets. It is amazing for Technobird
to hear these information. But it is sad to learn that Salt Lake is in danger because of the
industrial pollution.
After a trip, they leave Salt Lake.
Technobird is interested in lakes so students ask their teacher to go to Meke Crater Lake. They
decide to go there. But the lakes are not near to each other, and they are all very hungry. So
they want to eat something. The students have an idea, they want to eat “Etliekmek” which is a
special food of Konya. Technobird likes etliekmek very much.
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