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

DAĞ KEÇİSİ

TYPE:Mammal
WEIGHT:45 to136 kg
SIZE:3 ft(1-2 m)
LIVE:Mountains

This kind of mountain goats which live in Toros mountains have brown fur and long horn. They can jump nearly 3,5 meters.

Female goats (called nannies) spend much of the year in herds with their young (called kids). These groups may include as many as 20 animals. Males (known as billies) usually live alone or with one or two other male goats. Both sexes boast beautiful pointed horns, and in mating season billies will sometimes use them to battle rivals for prospective mates.

In the spring, a nanny goat gives birth to one kid (sometimes two), which must be on its feet within minutes of arrival into its sparse mountain world. Mountain goats eat plants, grasses, mosses, and other alpine vegetation.

caretta caretta

 The Loggerheads Caretta Caretta turtles may weigh between 300 and 400 pounds. It eats crabs and other sea animals for food. You can recognize it by its large, thick head and broad short neck. They all return to the same beach where they themselves hatched in order to lay their eggs when they reach maturity. This ability to swim sometimes thousands of km to reach their beach of origin.

The sea turtles lay their eggs on certain beaches only. These beaches are their breeding season is between (May 1 to October 1). They lay approximately 100 eggs in each nest they dig in the breeding season. Then they hide their eggs by covering up with sand and return back to the sea. Females reach adulthood around 20-25 years and find their way to the beaches that they have hatched out. In short, they return to the same beaches for breeding. The eggs hatch out 2 months later. On their way into the sea, young turtles struggle with their preda tors at night. If they can escape from them, they reach the sea within 10-15 minutes.All kinds of noise, artificial lighting and human activities frighten the young and cause them to wander and get away from the water. 

The endangered Carettta Caretta, sea turtles, face becoming extinct due to the threats such as foxes, jackals, dogs, birds, crabs, fish and the destruction of their breeding habitats by human beings. Today, the nesting habitats of sea turtles have been considerably lost and degraded. Commercial exploitation of the sea turtles has also contributed to their decline to endangered species status. Turkey is one of the last remaining nesting habitats in the World.

SPRING FESTIVAL IN ADANA

 Every year ,4th of April there is a spring festival in Adana.The flowers of orange symbolise the festival and people welcome spring with the smells of orange flowers.During the week some music groups give concerts and people ,some organizaion groups,clubs show their performances while walking with thewhole group.Every April many people around the world and people who lives outside of the city come and join this festival in Adana

4 th of APRIL PORTAKAL ÇİÇEĞİ(THE FLOWERS OF ORANGE) FESTİVAL

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