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TURKEY Adana

President         :           Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Prime Minister :           Ahmet Davutoglu

Land area        :           297,591 sq mi (770,761 sq km);

Total area        :           301,382 sq mi (780,580 sq km)

Population       :           81,619,392

Capital City       :           Ankara, 4.194 million

Largest cities   :           Istanbul, 11.253 million;

           Izmir, 2.927 million;

                                    Bursa, 1.713 million;

           Adana, 1.468 million,

           Gaziantep 1.198 million.

Monetary Unit  :           Lira

Language         :           Turkish

Religious          :           Islam

Flag Colors       :           Red and White

Geography

Turkey is at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea in southeast Europe and southwest Asia. To the north is the Black Sea and to the west is the Aegean Sea. Its neighbors are Greece and Bulgaria to the west, Russia, Ukraine, and Romania to the north and northwest (through the Black Sea), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east, and Syria and Iraq to the south. The Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus divide the country. 

ADANA

Adana  is a large city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres (19 miles) inland from the Mediterranean Sea, in south-centralAnatolia. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province and has a population of 1.66 million, making it the fifth most populous city in Turkey.Adana-Mersin metropolitan area, with a population of over 3 million, stretches over 70 kilometres  from east to west and 25 kilometres (16 miles) from north to south; encompassing the cities of Mersin, Tarsus and Adana.

Adana lies in the heart of Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay. Home to approximately six million people, the region is mostly a large stretch of flat, fertile land regarded as one of the most agriculturally productive areas of the world. 

TRADITIONAL FOOD

KEBAB : Adana kebab is a traditional food in Adana. The traditional meat for kebab is lamb, but depending on local tastes and religious prohibitions, other meats may include beef, goat, chicken, pork or fish. Like other ethnic foods brought by travellers, the kebab has remained a part of everyday cuisine in most of the Eastern Mediterranean and South Asia. It is also popular among Western youth as a snack after a night out.

TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

Traditional clothes are change region by region in Turkey, because of the life cırcumstances, weather conditions also effect the clothes in the past. There are seven different regions in Turkey, so in this picture girls and boys are wearing traditional clothes which are belongs to Adana, and their folk dance performance...

TYPICAL PLANTS

ORANGE: Orange is grown in Adana. You can find the best quality oranges in this area because of this region’s warm climate in winter.

Orange is a tropical to semitropical, evergreen, small flowering tree, growing to about 5 to 8 m tall, and bears seasonal fruits that measure about 3 inches in diameter and weigh about 100-150 g. Oranges are classified into two general categories, sweet and bitter, with the former being the type most commonly consumed. Popular sweet-varieties include Valencia, Navel, Persian variety, and blood orange.

COTTON:

Cotton is grown in ADANA. It is an important industrial and agricultural product 

of Adana.

WHEAT:

Wheat is another important agricultural product in Adana. Turkish people likes and prefers cooking meals that contain types of wheat especially in ADANA.                         

KELAYNAK BIRD

Bald Ibis, Kelaynak in Turkish or Geronticus Eremita in Latin, is also know as Northern Bald Ibis Hermit Ibis, or Waldrapp. 

It is a large black bird with its featherless head and neck and a long curved red beak. The rest of their body is covered with dark blue-purple feathers. 

Living in semi-deserted or rocky habitats such as in the Middle East and north Africa.

They live in colonies nesting and mating on the steep rock cliffs to protect themselves and their eggs from wild animals and humans.

They lay 2-4 eggs and eat mainly insects, lizards, snails, beetles, worms, ants, small snakes and scorpions by probing with their long beak into cracks in the soil