we are really selfish!!!

DID YOU KNOW?? please read!! these are some interesting things.

• The muscles in your heart have the strenght to shoot your blood 10 meters in the air.
• Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
• The body's strongest muscle is our tongue.
• Statistically, people are more afraid of spiders than they are of dying.
• All polar bears are left handed.
• Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongue.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• A cockroach can live 9 days without it's head.It only dies because it cannot eat.
• Humans and Dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.
• A duck's quack has no echoe, and nobody knows why.
• Each King on playing cards represent a King in real history:

Spades: King David

Clubs: Alexander the Great

Hearts: Charlemagne

Diamonds:Julius Cesar

• It is impossible to sneeze with your eye's open.
• Multiplying: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111,=12,345,678,987,654,321
• Starfish have no brains.
• A statue in a park with a soldier on a horse with it's 2 feet in the air means the soldier died in combat.If the horse has only 1 foot in the air, the soldier died of injuries from combat.If the horse has all 4 feet on the ground, the soldier died of natural causes.
• Mosquitoes have teeth.
• Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
• The word ''cemetery'' comes from the Greek koimetirion which means dormitory.
• When the English settlers landed in Australia,they noticed a strange animal that jumped extremely high and far.They asked the aboriginal people using body language and signs trying to ask them about this animal.They responded with ''Kan Ghu Ru'' the english then adopted the word kangaroo.What the aboriginal people were really tiying to say was '' we don't understand you'', ''Kan Ghu Ru''.
• During historic civil wars, when troops returned without any casualties, a writing was put up so all can see which read ''0 KİLLED'' from here we get the expression ''O.K.'' which means all is good.

GALATASARAY

Galatasaray Sports Club), is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, famous for its football section. Galatasaray is the most successful club in the history of Turkish football, having won more trophies than any other Turkish club.[2] Galatasaray is also the first Turkish football club.[3]
Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team as well. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title beating Arsenal of England in the UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season and also won the Super Cup when they beat the UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid in the final.[4] They have also gone the farthest in a Champions League for a Turkish team when they reached the semi-finals of the 1988-89 season.
The club also operates amateur sport teams that compete at Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian and Motorsports (Superleague Formula). These include Galatasaray Café Crown and Galatasaray S.K. Voleybol.
İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 Under 23 World Rowing Championships held in Poznań, Poland.
In European Champions League, Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team won the Champions Cup 2008 and Champions Cup 2009. Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team also won Kitakyushu Cup and became world champion in 2008.[5][6]
In FIBA Eurocup, Galatasaray women's basketball team won the FIBA Eurocup 2009.[7]
Galatasaray are the defending Turkish Super League champions and nine of its players were selected to play for their national teams at the Euro 2008 finals

http://www.galatasaray.org/

http://www.aslanlar.com/

http://www.aslanlar.net/

http://www.ultraslan.org/

http://www.ultraslan.com/

http://www.galatasaray.com/

http://www.hepgs.com/

Vision of Çankaya University is to be a university ,

providing high-quality higher education and training at world standards,
encouraging research and development at international level and producing knowledge,
considering public service within its primary objectives,
raising individuals who devote to/ stand as a protector of the democratic, secular, social and legal rights attributes of the Turkish Republic, and love their country and nation in particular,embracing all the humanity in general,
being respected within every section of the society.

beneficial dictionaries

http://www.seslisozluk.com/
http://www.zargan.com/
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.onelook.com/
http://www.allwords.com/
http://www.ldoceonline.com/

illusion show ;)

funny caricature :}

Aşk-ı Memnu (forbidden love) [:

Aşk-ı Memnu is a Turkish romantic drama television series. It has been adapted from Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil's novel Aşk-ı Memnu. it is vey famous TV series.


Format
Romantic drama
Created by
Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
Written by
Ece Yörenç Melek Gençoğlu
Directed by
Hilal Saral
Starring
Nebahat ÇehreKıvanç TatlıtuğBeren SaatSelçuk YöntemHazal Kaya
Country of origin
Turkey
Production
Producer(s)
Ay Yapım
Running time
90 min.
Broadcast
Original channel
Kanal D
Original run
4 September 2008 – present

IN THE FUTURE :)

EUROVISION 2009: NORWAY

I’m in love with a fairytale,

even though it hurts

‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind

I’m already cursed.

Every day we started fighting,

every night we fell in love

No one else could make me sadder,

but no one else could lift me high above
I don’t know what I was doing,

when suddenly, we fell apart

Nowadays, I cannot find her

But when I do, we’ll get a brand new start

I’m in love with a fairytale,

even though it hurts

‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind

I’m already cursed
She’s a fairytale

Yeah…

Even though it hurts

‘Cause I don’t care if I lose my mind

I’m already cursed...

ALANYA

Alanya is a touristic centre on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, 135 kilometers east of Antalya. Alanya is a beautiful holiday center of modern hotels and motels, numerous fish restaurants and cafes and bars. The cafes that ring the harbor have become popular gathering places for tourists. From the town's lovely park, the road runs along the coast to the harbor, lined with countless boutiques that tempt tourists with handicrafts, leather, clothes, jewelry, handbags and the amusing painted gourds, a symbol of the area. In August, when Alanya hosts a colorful International Folklore Festival the atmosphere is charged with vitality and gaiety. If you enjoy exploring you should visit the Damlatas Cave to see the eerie misshapen rock formations. Nearby is the Archaeology and Ethnography Museum, (Open weekdays except Monday). A boat can take you to the three sea grottoes:Fosforlu Magara with its phosphorescent rocks, the Kizlar Magarasi, where pirates imprisoned their female captives, and the Asiklar Magarasi. When the intense sun overpowers you, take a day trip to the Dim Cayi Valley, 15 km east of Alanya, where you can relax in the shade of this scenic valley and listen to the stream rushing by. Avsallar (incekum), about 25 km from Aianya to the west, is a holiday resort center with fine sandy beaches. If you travel east from Alanya towards Gazipasa you will discover and no doubt linger on the exceptional beaches. 30 km east of Alanya, Aytap, the historical harbor city Lotape, is a great excursion site, with Roman ruins, secluded beaches and bays.

BEYAZIT ÖZTÜRK

Beyazıt Öztürk was born in Bolu in 1969 and spent most of his childhood in Bursa. He graduated from the sculpturing department of fine arts faculty at the Anadolu University. He was a professional basketball player. He also known as Beyaz, is a Turkish Television personality,standup comedian and actor. He is the host of Beyaz Show, a popular Turkish talk show.

MAKING A SOLAR WATER HEATER

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-19-voa1.cfm
Solar water heaters are devices that use energy from the sun to heat water. Solar water heating is used around the world. The solar water heater described here is based on a design developed some years ago in Afghanistan. Since then, it has been built and used in many countries. It can heat seventy liters of water to sixty degrees Celsius. It can do this between sunrise and noon on a clear day with an average outside temperature of thirty-two degrees Celsius.There are two parts to the solar water heater. One part is made of a sheet of metal painted black. This metal surface, placed in contact with the water, will heat the water. Black-painted surfaces that receive the sun's heat become hotter than surfaces of any other color.The black metal plate is called a collector. There are several kinds of metal sheets that can be used for the collector. Metal sheets that have raised sections will work very well. These corrugated sheets often are used to make the roofs of houses.Once the water is heated, it is kept hot with material called insulation. This allows the water to stay warm for a long time.The second part of the solar water heater holds the water for the system. This storage tank can be a container that holds about one hundred liters. Two rubber pipes are attached to the water storage tank. One pipe lets water flow into the system. The other lets water flow out.When the water heater is working correctly, water will flow from the storage tank to the collector and back again. You can use the hot water at the top of the tank for washing and cleaning. You can change the flow of water so that the temperature is hot or warm as desired.This solar water heater is easy to build and operate. It will last about two years before the rubber pipes need to be replaced.There is also something else you will need to make the solar water heater work -- the sun. As you might expect, the heater will heat water only on sunny days.You can get more information about projects like solar water heaters from EnterpriseWorks/VITA. This nonprofit group works to fights poverty in many countries. The Web site is enterpriseworks.org. Choose the link for News & Resources, then click on Publications.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

http://www.eie.gov.tr/turkce/en_tasarrufu/konut_ulas/bina_ulas.html

Energy is one of the most significant and necessity for us. It upgrade our quality of life. When we use energy more,natural resources run out quickly. Environmental pollution is increases. Also we pay high-cost for energy. Therefore,we should use energy efficiently. If energy consumption is still continue in the world, In 2020, fossil fuel resources are consumed more. Fossil resources not only use as fuel but also use as medicine in the chemical sector. Thence,we should reduce the consumption and emphasize it. When coal or oil burn,always be formed CO2. The surveys show that millions of year CO2 has been changed between 180-280 ppm but nowadays,it increase 360ppm. Carbondioxide and greenhouse gases rates are accrue. Thus,natural tempreture balance has been corrupted. As a result of this, trigger off global warming. There are a lot of poisonous gases and radioactive substance in the atmosphere such as: CO,SO2,NOX..etc. When the coal use in the thermic central,factoryand buildings,occur the pollution also ashes may come out and include some harmful substance: ash,quicksilver,arsenic,cadium. If fossil fuel use in this way, extreme drought,sea-level rise,storms will inevitable for us and ecological balance will be damaged. Energy saving is important for the familt budget. It is also momentous for government budget.If we use energy more efficiently,we pay less money to bills. We get approximately 60% of energy from other countries so we must consume energy consciously please!!!

improve your skills

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz60fck.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm

Intermediate

Last term was beneficial for us to improve our foreign language.We learnt lots of things. For instance, we developed vocabulary,grammar,writing,listening..etc. It was supported by some materials and we did some exercises to learn more. Also we wrote several paragraphs. As an illustration; cause & effect paragraphs, comparison &contrast and problem& solution paragraphs..I hope this term will be better for us..

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/activity/listening.html

Black Beauty

Black Beauty was the only book written by Anna Sewell, although its continued popularity among children, particularly girls, has justified that effort. Sewell was, remarkably, paid only twenty pounds for the book and it was published three months before her death, in 1877. However, its immediate success gave her great pleasure and she died in the knowledge that the book had indeed encouraged people to treat animals less cruelly. It is the autobiography of a horse, the ‘Black Beauty’ of the title, who narrates it. Through various owners who ask different tasks of Black Beauty, he grows and has numerous adventures. He goes from being a riding and carriage horse through being a mistreated town cab horse to eventual happiness in a secure home. Notably, the animal keeps strength and good temper throughout his suffering and the story was extremely influential as pro-animal propaganda but it is also an extremely exciting and moving children’s story.

P.S l love you

Set in Ireland, Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry, so it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of 10 letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. The messages are Gerry's way of informing Holly life goes on. The messages include various tasks and treats Gerry has left for Holly. This is his way of letting her know he will always be there for her. Each letter sends her on a new adventure and each signs off in the same way: "P.S. I Love You." Holly's mother and best friends, Sharon and Denise, begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life.