1.TECHNOBIRD IS IN ISTANBUL

1.1. Zeynep ÖZDOĞAN-Yayla Primary School

Technobird is a very popular eTwinning ambassador and a technologic bird. Turkish etwinners have been so successful and popular recently. That’s why Technobird is wondering Turkey and Turkish people so it decides to travel to Turkey. European NSS calls Turkish NSS and gives information about Technobird. Turkish NSS makes an announcement on live etwinning.net and is looking for volunteers. Better Together Project’s family is a volunteer for this mission. All members of the project in different cities will take Technobird around their cities. They collaborate with each other. They are so excited and happy. They look forward to meet Technobird.

Yayla Primary School students and Zeynep teacher meet Technobird at the airport. Yayla Primary School surprises Technobird with an exciting helicopter tour. They get on the helicopter and travel over İstanbul. Technobird is so surprised and so happy. When they pass over Sultanahmet Square, Technobird notices a large and a colorful place. It feels excited and wonders what it is. One of the students says “Tulip Carpet”, “this is the largest tulip carpet in the world”. Technobird can’t believe in its eyes. It says “it’s amazing and fantastic”, “I ‘d like to see it”  so they land on Sultanahmet Square. Technobird and the students take a lot of photos here. Then they go on sightseeing tour.

The Sultanahmet District is the heart of historic old Istanbul. This is where you’ll find Topkapı Palace, Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia Museum), The Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Cami), The Byzantine Hippodrome, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul Archeological Museums, Great Palace Mosaic Museum and so on. They visit all one by one. Technobird is fascinated by these historical places. At the end of the tour they are so tired and hungry. One of the students says Sultanahmet is famous for its meatball, turşu, piyaz and ayran. They go to the famous restaurant at this district. They eat their meal. Also they eat traditional desserts called “künefe” and “sütlaç” then they drink Turkish coffee. Technobird loves the meals so much. After delicious meal, it buys some Turkish delight and some souvenirs.

Now it’s time to say “Goodbye” They take photos. Technobird says “I’m so happy to be here with you and I love you, thank you so much indeed” The students say “we are so happy, too and we love you” Technobird leaves so happily and visits another amazing places in İstanbul…

1.2. Ferhat YAĞMUR-Hasan Ali Yücel Secondary School

Yıldız Park

Beşiktaş / İstanbul

There is a bird called “technobird” which likes flying very much. One day, while it was flying again, it tripped a big tree and started to fall down into the Yıldız Park which was thought as the garden of Çırağan Palace in the past. The students from Hasan Ali Yücel Secondary School saw this wounded bird and gave information to their English teacher, Ferhat Yağmur. The students wrapped the wings of the technobird with the help of their teacher. When the teacher realized that the bird came from far away, he decided to take it for a trip.

Yıldız Park is a great resting area surrounded with trees and plants. In this park, there are also three marvelous pavilions. The names of the pavilions are Malta, Çadır and Şale.

While the students and the teacher were talking about Yıldız Park, the technobird was listening excitingly. It wondered Çadır Pavilion very much. So, the students and their teacher decided to take it to Çadır Pavilion. This pavilion is located on the left side of the Yıldız Park and it was built by the great architect, Sarkis Balyon and his brothers for the sake of Sultan Abdulaziz. There is an enormous pool in front of the pavilion.

After the technobird had walked around Çadır Pavilion, the teacher and the students took it Şale Pavilion. This pavilion is one of the most attracted structures of Ottoman architecture. It displays the mixture of the Ottoman and Europe culture with its porcelain stones, furniture. Today, that pavilion opens to public as a museum depending on TBMM (Turkish Grand National Assembly). While the students were talking about the Şale Pavilion, the technobird started to fly suddenly. The teacher got confused, but the technobird had a surprise for him and the students. The technobird and its friends started to dance altogether in the sky. It was a great show. The students and the teacher were sad because it was time to say goodbye. The technobird told them if you had missed me, whistle please, thus I could notice you and visit. Finally, they said goodbye and flew away.

1.5. Bahar ETEŞ-Vali Rıdvan Yenişen Primary School

The  Maiden’s Tower

One  day  while  Vali Rıdvan Yenişen Primary School  4th  grade  students  and  their  English teacher Bahar ETEŞ  were  reading  their  books  in  the  garden ,  a  strange bird came  near   them  by telling  something. They  were  shocked:

-Are  you  a  bird?

+ Yes, I’m.

-But, How  can  you speak?

+  Forget about  all  the  birds  you know. I ‘m  “Techno  bird”  and  I’m  the  most    clever, curious  and  cool  bird  in  the  word. I walk  all  around  your  country  to  see  interesting  and  historical  places. Now  I’m  in your    city .  Which  place  should  I visit  in your  city?  Can  you  help   me?

-Of  course,  Techno Bird.  It  is  our  pleasure. We  would  like  to  visit “ The  Maiden’s  Tower”  with you.  Let’s  go. J

The  Maiden’s   Tower  ( Kizkulesi ) is located off the coast of Salacak  neighborhood  in Üsküdar district, at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus. It   dates  back to the 5th century BC.

It’s  name  comes  from a legend   According  to  the  legend  there  was  a  princess  who  was  locked  up  in  the  tower  by  her  father. She  was  locked  because  a  prophecy  said  her  father that  the  princess  would   die by  a  snake  bite  at the  age  of 18. Although  her  father  put  her  in  the  tower  he  couldn’t  manage  to  save his  daughter.  A  snake  hidden  in  a fruit  basket caused  her  die.

There  is  another  legend about the  tower. So,  sometimes it  is  called  as “Leander’s Tower”.  This  legend  is  a  sad  love  story. Hero was one of the priestess of Aphrodite living in the tower. One day she went to  a ceremony in the temple.  She met Leandros there  and they fall in love with each other. Leandros swam to the tower every night to visit his love, meanwhile she was holding a torch to guide him in the dark waters towards her in the tower. But on a stormy night Leandros couldn’t see the light because it was put out by the winds, and he swam all night loosing his way until he was drowned. Hero, seeing that her lover died, she also jumped into the water and suicided. Actually,  this  story took  place  in  the  city  of  Abydos  in  the  straight  of  Dardanelles  not  on  the  Bosphorus.

Last   legend  belongs  to a  Turkish  hero Battal  Gazi.  Accorting  to  this  legend ,  when  Battal Gazi  came  to  surround Istanbul(Constantinopoli) he  fell in  love  with a  daughter of the landlord.  He  couldn’t  manage  to surround  the city and  he stayed the  tower  for seven years because  of  his  love. Because  the  landlord was afraid  of Battal Gazi abducting  his  daughter , he  put  his  daughter in  prison ,  in  tower.At the end of the story, Battal Gazi on his horse escaped the girl from the tower and also took the landlord’s treasure.
After that case there was said an idiom ”early bird catches the worm”

(Atı alan Üsküdarı geçti in Turkish).

So far ,  the  tower has been  used  as  a  customs  house, quarantine, lighthouse, castle,   tower , store , defense  and  home  for  retired  naval  officers.

Today, The Maiden’s  Tower (Kizkulesi) is a very famous  for  its   restaurant  , cafeteria-bar and  even its  summer  weddings. You  can  watch  amazing Bosphorus and the old city, from  the  tower.

1.6. Emine Nazlı AKSU- 50.Yıl Ahmet Merter Primary School

1.7. Fatma Şahin- 50.Yıl Ahmet Merter Primary School

They are really excited to meet with the tecnobird . They are in the school garden waiting for the technobird’s arrival .When it came, they meet each other and took some photos together then They are ready to visit Dolmabahçe Palace.Dolmabahçe Palace is a palace-museum located in Beşiktaş, İstanbul.It was built in the 19th century during the period of Sultan Abdülmecit.After the foundation of Republic, it was used as a Presidential Residence until 1949.The palace was open to diplomatic meetings until 1984 when it became a museum.Dolmabahçe Palace welcomes millions of tourists every year.Its location besides the Bosphorus makes it precious. Also Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died in the palace and his room is still being visited by millions of people.After the Dolmabahçe trip , They sat on the cafeteria drank their tea and watched the flying seagulls over the beautiful scenery of Bosphorus.Then They said goodbye to technobird and it flew for new places and adventures with the other etwinners.

1.8. Sakine ÖZÇİFÇİ- Namık Kemal Primary School

Today, as we are playing at the school yard, I hear a voice, look at the sky and see the most magnificent and interesting bird in the world. It comes close to us and settles on a branch. All of a sudden, it starts to talk to us. We are surprised and even afraid but also curious. I go near it and and ask :

“ What are you? or Who are you?” It laughs at me and starts to tell:

“ Hello guys! My name is Techno Bird and I’m a bird as you see. I fly over the cities, meet the children and listen their stories and learn everything about their cities especially their historical places. I love learning a lot. And I’m a fan of history, so it’s your turn. I come to Silivri and pick you to tell me these. Do you want to feed me with information?” We think a bit and smilingly tell it: “ Of course, we’ll. We are glad to meet you and it’s the best time for history telling because we have a school trip to Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) in the afternoon. You can come with us and hear the story with us. “That’s great.” it says. “But you have to meet our English teacher, Mrs. Özçifçi, first.” I say. We go to the English classroom and wait for her. She comes to class and see Techno. “What is a bird doing in my classroom?” she asks. Techno answers: “ I’m a guest of your students and if you let me I will come to school trip with you.” Mrs. Özçifçi looks with a shock in her face. “ How can you talk?” she asks. “I’m special, ask me no more.” says Techno. She calms down and says

“ It will be an interesting day, Ok! You can come with us.” We clap our hands and spend the rest of the lesson in an excitement.

In the afternoon, we are waiting at the garden. Mrs. Özçifçi comes and says: “Namık Kemal Primary School! Are you ready for the trip?”

We all shout saying Yes! Then we take the road.

We come to Basilica Cistern. It is dark and interesting place. We meet our guide and start the tour. He tells us the history of the place:

“One of the magnificent ancient buildings of İstanbul is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya). Constructed for Justinianus I, the Byzantine Emperor (527-565), this big underground water reservoir is called as Yerebatan Cistern among the public because of the underground marble columns. As there used to be basilica in the place of the cistern, it is also called Basilica Cistern.

The cistercistern is 140m long and 70m wide and covers a rectangular area as a giant structure. Accessible with 52-step staircase, the Cistern shelters 33y columns, each of which is 9m high. Erected at 4.80m intervals from one another the columns are composed of 12 rows, each has 28 columns.

Except couple of the edged and grooved columns of the cistern, the majority of them are shaped as a cylinder. Two Medusa heads are at the northwest edge of the cistern, are the great work of art from the Roman period. These attract the most attention from the visitors. As the legend has it is, Medusa is one of three Gorgonas that are female monsters in the underground world in Greek mythology. The snake-head Medusa, has the power of gorgonising the ones that happen to look at her.

That monster story makes us thrilled and excited. We want to hear more about that story and Techno agrees us, of course. So the guide gives us more information about Medusa.

According to a rumour; Medusa is a beautiful girl with black eyes, long hair and attractive

body. She is boasted with these and she is in love with Perseus. Athena, a powerful Greek Goddess, is in love with Perseus, too. So she is jealous of Medusa and turns her hair into snakes. Now that she turns everybody looks at her into stone. Then Perseus heads of her anduse it to defeat his enemies. Medusa sculptures and gravings are used for protection in great buildings in ancient times. So these columns were built in the cistern.

These are very interesting things for us, we listen them like they are bed-time stories. After the tour finishes we gather around Techno. We are curious about its ideas about the Cistern. “What do you think about it?”

“Do you like the trip?”

“Have you ever heard such a story?” “Say something, please!”

Everybody is talking and asking questions like these to Techno Bird. He listens us quietly and looks at us a while. Then it says:

“Turkey is a very beautiful country with its history and natural beauties. I see most of them and am amazed of them. You are very lucky. This country is your legacy and you should learn and protect it very carefully. This beauty is yours and your sons and daughters and grandson and granddaughters. You should be very happy to have all of these beauties.” Then it flies to the sky. We think what it says a bit. It is right and it gives us a very important lesson, we will never forget.

2. TECHNOBIRD IS IN KOCAELİ

2.1. Hacer ÇAKIR- Ali Güneri Secondary School

Hi, from Uzuntarla which is a small but peacefull town of Kartepe,Kocaeli ,an industrial city? I will share an interesting memory with you. When I was in the school garden  and listening to tweets of the birds and take deep breaths, a bird ,called Technobird , appeared suddenly and say hello to me. I was shocked. After a short introducing ,I decided to meet it with my pupils. I was sure that my pupils would love it very much. Technobird said he loved travelling very much and he wanted us to sightsee here. We all offer him to go and see these places and he accepts it excitingly. Our first place to visit is  Uzuntarla natural life park. Uzuntarla natural life park  is the biggest natural park of the Europe and the third biggest one of the world. It has got  a lot of different kinds of wild  and domestic animals  and the animals live there in a special place. People have limited places to walk here so they can’t give harm to animals. The park also got 40 different kinds of animal. Our next stop is Kartepe ski centre. Kartepe is the highest  summit of the Samanlı Mountains and  is 1608 m higher from the sea level. Snowy weather starts in November and finishes in the last days of April. Every year more than

200.000 people go there to ski .It is fascinating skiing here. Technobird loves Kartepe, too and its view. Then we leave there and go on seeing new places. The other place in our visiting is a zoo. It’ s name is  Darıca Faruk Yalçın Animals World and Botanical  Garden.It has 80  acreage area  and 200 different kinds of animal and also 2000 animals in it.Technobird loves animals so much that he is quite happy to be there.After that,we   want to see Sırrı Paşa Konağı in İzmit. It is  a big home which was built in Ottoman time, in 19th century.Sırrı Paşa was a governor in İzmit and he built this home .It is very old home so it is very different  according to our houses. We all were amazed because of the cultural differences now and old. Our last stop is The Clock Tower. It is a symbol of İzmit. It is between  Kasr_ı Hümayun (palace museum) and Ataturk statue.The governor of İzmit Musa Kazım Bey built it  for  the anniversary of  Sultan II.Abdulhamit in 1902.All of these cultural heritages are quite exciting for technobird he  loves all the places. We all  have a good time and  are very glad to meet Technobird

3. TECHNOBIRD IS IN İZMİR

3.1. Belgin DAŞDEMIR- Kaklıç Primary School

3.2. Zarife TORTOP ÇELTİK– Melih Özakat Primary School

3.3. Duygu KARAKUŞ- Cengiz Han Primary School

3.4. Bahriye AKKUŞ- Seferi Hisar İMKB AİHL

3.5. İnci ÖNDERLİ- Misak-ı Milli Secondary School

3.6. Ülkü Ünver ÇELEBİ– Anafartalar Primary School

It is a wonderful İzmir morning. It is sunny and hot. As coordinator teachers of Better Together eTwinning Project, Belgin DAŞDEMİR from Kaklıç Primary School, Zahide Zarife TORTOP ÇELTİK from Melih Özakat Primary School, Duygu KARAKUŞ from Cengiz Han Primary School, Bahriye AKKUŞ from Seferihisar İMKB AİHL, İnci ÖNDERLİ from Misak-ı Milli Secondary School and Ülkü Ünver ÇELEBİ from Anafartalar Primary School organize a big trip to Sasalı Wildlife Park with their students in the project. Because the park is one of the most popular attraction centers of İzmir, they want to show this area to their students. While they are playing sack racing, they hear a voice among the bushes. The sound is very electronic, strange and disturbing. They go to the bushes with all the children quietly. When they remove the bushes, they see a bird that looks like a robot with mechanic arms. They are very surprised. The bird is singing happily but his voice is really bad. The bird says he visits the students

who make Better Together Project and learns the beauties of their cities because he loves travelling. They are too excited to help this interesting bird. All the partner schools of Better Together Project in İzmir share different areas of İzmir and start to help the bird one by one to discover the city. After chatting for a while, Kaklıç Primary School students Zeynep and Sukeyna offer to visit Sasalı Wildlife Park and İzmir Bird Paradise together because their school is near the park and they can give a lot of information about it. Technobird thanks and accepts the invitation. Zeynep and Sukeyna begin to inform.

“Sasalı Wildlife Park is Turkey’s first and largest wildlife park that sits on an area of 425 square metres in Sasalı, Çiğli. It lies between the Gediz River and Tuzla Street.   It is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. It contains 1500 animals in 128 species, 250 kinds of plants and 3000 trees. You can see African Savannas, a Tropical Center, and The Children’s Zoo, Asian elephants, tigers, lions, wild birds, bears, a wolf shelter, a monkey island, cafeterias, a beautiful pond and a gift shop in the park. After opening in 2008, at becomes so popular especially among kids in a short time   because they can spend hours there without getting bored.  They can touch, pet and feed the animals in the children’s zoo. They can see tropical plants and feel the atmosphere of rain forest in the tropical center. They can explore watch towers, track and playgrounds in the park. The park is open 365 days a year.”

After having a good time at Sasalı Wildlife Park, they leave for İzmir Bird Paradise. It is an archeological and natural protect area where 289 birds’ species live.

The students from Kaklıç Primary School go on telling about İzmir Bird Paradise:

“It locates around on 8000 hectare area in Çiğli Çamaltı Salt Marsh. It’s one of the most important wetland in Turkey. There are visitor center, bird observation towers, binoculars and touring bikes in the Bird Paradise.Each year more than 50 thousand birds visit the region. Flamingos, pelicans, herons, storks, swallows are some of species in it. As well as birds you can see many mammals, fish, reptiles, rabbits and foxes on the hills.”

After the long and nice trip, they feel hungry. Now it’s time to taste the famous food of İzmir. One of the most popular foods in İzmir is meatball with potato and tomato. Technobird wants to taste the meatball so that Zeynep invite all to her house because her mother cooks it very well. They accept the polite invitation and go to Kaklıç where Sukeyna and Zeynep live. Kaklıç is a small and nice place which is famous for its fresh bread, egg,milk and meat. They arrive at Zeynep’s house and eat İzmir meatball with fresh bread of Kaklıç. After the delicious meal, Technobird thanks to Sukeyna and Zeynep for this beautiful day. And then he flies away to meet the team of Melih Özakat Primary School, eTwinning coordinator Zahide Zarife Tortop Çeltik and her students will take him to Bergama to explore the beauties and food of Bergama the next day.

Photos from Sasalı Natural Life Park and İzmir Bird Paradise Trip

Today Alsancak Melih Özakat Primary School students and Technobird are very excited about this trip because after visiting Sasalı Wildlife Park they want to visit Pergamon with Technobird. It is a very curious bird. Pergamon is one of the most important culture and tourism centers of İzmir. There are a lot of historical places. Students tell Technobird all about Pergamon during the visit:

“The history of Bergama, one of the most glorious settlements of the Hellenistic Period, goes up to the seventh century BC. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, which lived for about 150 years between 281-133 BC. The ancient Pergamon city was built on terraces built at Fortified Hill; temples, streets, social and commercial plazas and the Hellenistic Period have been among the most spectacular city centers. The Temple of Zeus, Dionysus Temple, Athena Temple, Demeter Temple, Pergamon Library, theater, gymnasium, royal palaces, Traian Temple, waterways, fountains, cisterns and arsenals are world famous monuments built at Fortified Hill.”

They go to the Sanctuary of Athena altogether. There are Pergamon Library and Athena Temple in the Sanctuary of Athena. They see some statues with Technobird. The Pergamon Library collection consisted of 200.000 books including bundles of papyrus and parchment. Then they see The Temple of Zeus and Dionysus Temple. It hosts big festivals. The Citadel Theatre, seats 10.000, was the first theatre of Pergamon and the steepest theaters of the World. Technobird flies to The Temple of Trajan and sing with them. Agora is the central spot for public gathering and of financial-political life of the cities during the antiquity. Technobird admires the places they visit altogether.

The students go on informing Technobird about Pergamon:

“Gymnasium, in ancient times, functioned as a wrestling, discussing throw and long jumping training facilities for competitors. The Red Basilica, the Roman Theatre and

the Amphitheatre are very interesting. 50.000 seated Amphitheatre represents one of the unique architectural forms in Anatolia. The Bridges of The Salinas River are still being in use. Asclepius is an ancient medical complex built in 4th century. It is also known as the first psychiatric hospital. There are a lot of statues in Bergama Museum. It is also among World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.”

    Now they are very hungry so they want to eat something. Bergama meatballs, chickpea pie, Bergama Tulu cheese,carnelian leblebi (chickpea), and the eggplant meal are very famous in Bergama. Bergama meatballs are very delicious. After the meat has been rested for a certain period, it is fried on wood fire with specially prepared condiments and it is eaten with piyaz and yogurt. The eggplant meal, which is a kind of olive oil roast made from whole eggplant, peppers and tomatoes in wood fire, is also famous in Pergamon. Chickpea pie is made by placing boiled chickpeas inside the dough… They want Technobird to taste all of them.    After their trip ends, they wave to Technobird  altogether. This time, Technobird flies to meet Cengiz Han Primary School Project team both eTwinning coordinator Duygu Karakuş and her students in the project to visit Ephesus Antique City and Virgin Mary the next day. Photos from Pergamon Antique City 

Bergama meatballs, chickpea pie, Bergama Tulum cheese,carnelian leblebi (chickpea), and the eggplant meal

Cengiz Han Primary School decide to take Technobird to Efes (Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present – day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the I onian League during the Classical Greekera.), the temple of Artemis andthehouse of the Virgin Mary (It is the place where Mary may have spent her last days. Mary preferred this remote place rather than living in crowded place.). All these places are in a beautiful district of İzmir called Selçuk. While they are walking around these places, Technobird feels very happy. It is impressed by the beauty of these places. When it hears that the Temple of Artemis is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Technobird feels himselfs lucky to see  it.

They spend hours to see these beautiful places so they feel so hungry. Technobird asked them: “What can we eat in İzmir, is there something special and traditional here?” They all say “YES. Let’s eat some traditional food. Ourmenu isrich.” Technobird tastes Kirde Kebabı, Kuşkonmaz Kavurması, EnginarDolması and Lokma. He loves all of them. Then he says “I heard Gevrek. What kind of food is it?” They say: “It is a kind of bagel; we call it GEVREK in İzmir. It is more delicious when it is eaten with Tulum Peyniri(a kind of cheese special to İzmir). People in İzmir love Gevrek very much and they prefer it in their breakfast.  Technobird loves Gevrek, too. And it takes more Gevrek with it to take them to its family. It is time for Technobird to go. It takes the photos we taken with it to show its family and friends. Then it flies to the new route. They will miss him and hang the photos in their classroom. This trip with Technobird will be a great memory for them. Now Technobird says “Goodbye” and flies to meet   Seferihisar İMKB AİHL project team with eTwinning coordinator Bahriye Akkuş and her students in the project.

The students whose names are Eda, Naz, Azra and Betül are responsible for to take Technobird to various touristic and famous places in Seferihisar. First they take Technobird to Sığacık. It is by the seaside and it has harbor and also huge mandarin fields. They go to the mandarin festival and visit the Sığacık castle. Eda gives extra information to Technobird  about

Sığacık:

“Sığacık Village is the most peaceful place of the Seferihisar town. It is also known as the small port of Seferihisar. You can find plenty of local products to buy in the village. Tomato paste, artichoke, Turkish delight with mandarin and jams are the unusual flavor. The harbor lined multicolored fishing boats is a unique haven for wearies of city. There are Hellenistic and Roman period monuments in the ancient city of Teos that was one of the 12 Ionian settlements in Archaic Age and that had colonies like the other Ionian settlements. The most essential monuments are Dionysus Altar, Agora, Theatre, Odeon, city walls and harbor ruins. The other ancient city found within the town, Lebedos, is located further south. In 1522, Ottomans built a castle to be used as naval facility in a small fishing village of Sigacik. It is possible to see the ruins of the castle today. Sığacık Akkum, Akarca and Ürkmez beaches are some of the Blue Flag awarded beaches in slow city of Seferihisar”

Technobird is too tired because he flies and flies for four days to explore İzmir with the eTwinning Coordinators and the students of “BETTER TOGETHER” project. So they decide to make Technobird have a rest in Seferihisar. Then, they go to Hotel to stay. It is the biggest hotel in Seferihisar. They spend a night there. After then they go to the Seferihisar’s organic bazaar which is very famous because everything in this bazaar is homemade. They eat bread filled with meat in that bazaar. Naz go on telling about Seferihisar:

“Seferihisar is the first cittaslow town of Izmir in Turkey, also surrounded by the historical treasures and green nature. Seferihisar makes you feel the Aegean spirit closer. Seferihisar is the first slow city of Turkey, is within the borders of Izmir in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The oldest settlement in Seferihisar district is Teos, the city of Carians, and known to be founded in 2000 BC by the Cretans, who were fleeing from the Achaeans. Its famous mandarin, large resources of solar, geothermal and wind power, and historical treasures are among the strong sides of the slow city Seferihisar. Olives, grapes and citruses are grown in the district. The reason why Seferihisar was not affected by the unplanned urbanization in Aegean and Mediterranean coasts in recent years is that it is surrounded by the archaeological sites and military areas.

They are all hungry so they eat stuffed bread, stuffed artichoke, sweet tarhana, mantı with chickpeas and tangerine dessert. After they eat these delicious foods now they are full. Azra and Betül give some important information about Seferihisar:

“Seferihisar is the first slow city of Turkey. It has become the member of Cittaslow on November 28, 2009, which is the international association of the cities where life is easy. Cittaslow philosophy, which proves that development is possible even by respecting the nature, protecting the local values, tradesmen and cuisine, has become a road map for Seferihisar. Cittaslow Seferihisar is a model for calmer and healthier lifestyle. It meets more than 60 of the criteria set forth for Slow Cities; preserving local tastes, supporting the Slow Food philosophy, using clean energy, maintaining places of historical and cultural value, local products, and many more.”

Then they finish their tour in Seferihisar. They all shout at Technobird while he is ready to fly: “Bye bye Technobird! Come and visit us again. Enjoy your trip with Misak-ı Milli Secondary School team…” They all wave to him and while he is flying, they look behind him for a while. They have nice memories with him.

After Technobird see and learn about Seferihisar and Sığacık he flies away to meet Misak-ı Milli Secondary School Project Team eTwinning coordinator İnci Önderli and her students in the project. They as Misak-ı Milli Secondary School team decide to take Technobird to Çeşme, Karaburun and Mordoğan where beautiful and popular beach towns of İzmir. They start to visit Çeşme and its several towns first. Their students who are in Better Together Project in 7/C and 7/G classes give information to him voluntarily. First of Dila and Melek from 7/G start to tell about Çeşme:

“Çeşme is a Turkish resort town in the west of Izmir, on the Aegean Sea and one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in İzmir. It has an international harbor linked to Izmir with a wonderful highway. You can go to Greek island Chios (Sakız) with regular daily ferries.

The main square has restaurants, cafes, tea houses, and nice sunset views of the Aegean Sea. Small fortress of Çeşme, now nicely has been restored as the local museum. Çeşme has a fantastic history and architectural character. It was captured from the Byzantines by a Seljuk Turkish force under Çakabey in the 11th century. Çeşme’s Tourism Information Office is between the south tower of the fortress and the sea. If you’d like to stay in Çeşme, the town has lots of hotels and you can find excellent holiday accommodations, restaurants and sports and entertainment facilities.”

Then Cem Baran and Kayra Çınar from 7/C go on giving information on Ilıca:

“Ilıca is one of the marvelous towns of Çeşme. It is famous for its deep blue sea, golden sands and gentle breeze. Ilıca Beach, with warm thermal sulfur springs. There are good beaches in the south of Çeşme, and at nearby Ilıca, and it is easily reachable by minibus .The bay here is ideal for water sports, especially windsurfing and sailing. The thermal baths around Ilica are very popular; the best being located on ŞifneBay. During summer on Ilica Bay, the colorful International Çakabey Optimist Yacht race is organized.”

Ayşe and İrem from 7/G want to say a few sentences about Dalyan:

“Dalyan, a fishing village in the north of Çeşme, has some of the region‘s best fish restaurants along marina. During the summer days you can sunbath and rest at its small beach and in the evening enjoy restaurants serving fresh fish.”

Beril and Sarp from 7/C also mention famous town Alaçatı:

“Alaçatı is a delightful and typical Aegean town of Çeşme. It lies to the south inland from Ilica and the coast, with several good beaches. You can go to many lovely bays by cruise. The sea at Alaçati has ideal conditions for windsurfing because of its high winds. The wind in this area blows almost 330 days a year so it makes Alaçatı a paradise for windsurfers and kite-surfers. There are international windsurfing competitions and they are organized here every year. There are several windsurfing and kite-surfing schools on the dock. Alaçatı became a popular town in the peninsula in the last 10-15 years. Many of its old stone houses in the town center are used as boutique hotels, restaurants, or shops. Alaçatı has a typical market with fresh food and vegetables. You shouldn’t miss the Herb Festival organized once a year. There is a modern marina in Alaçatı with several good restaurants and cafes.”

Technobird likes their trip in Çeşme very much. He admires those fantastic places. He is also so happy to see their attractive places and spectacular views. He learns a lot about these beautiful touristic beach towns, too. After they finish visiting Çeşme and its environment, they drive along the panoramic Karaburun peninsula coast road; they pass several peaceful bays and attractive fishing villages, Mordoğan and Karaburun. Two of the students, Sudenaz and Eren from 7/C go on telling him along the way about Mordoğan:

“Mordoğan is 80 km far from İzmir. It is a beach town as beautiful as Karaburun. It is famous for especially Ayıbalığı rocks and Ardıç Beach. It is also famous for amateur fishing and seventy kinds of purple flowers. It was founded in B.C 4^th century, called Mimas. It has also attractive beaches where you can enjoy swimming and spending time. It has high range of oxygen in the air so you should go and take lots of fresh air full of oxygen there.”

Toprak , from 7/C is excited to tell about Karaburun:

“Karaburun is 100 km far from İzmir. In Karaburun, there are pleasant hotels, tea gardens and fish restaurants. On the top of Manastır Mountain you can enjoy

an unforgettable view of the Karaburun coast; it is an alternative tourism paradise. There are a lot of shore towns, harbors all aspects of alternative tourism. The peninsula has a rich potential in alternative touristic activities such as diving, nature walks, village tours, ecotourism and agricultural tourism. Karaburun has clean sea, diving spots, areas for line fishing and boat rides, untapped and peaceful bays, beaches, amazing panoramas, cool breeze during the summer, almost no humidity, tasty sea dishes and local restaurants. You can access some of the bays only by boats. Eşendere, Saipaltı, İğdealtı, Büyükkent, Dolungaz, Yıldızkent, Akçakilise, Yeniliman and Kumbükü are beaches of Karaburun. The Kuyucak and Akvaryum beaches are also blue flagged

beaches. Karaburun has Mediterranean climate. It has a lot of myths, too. Mimas Mountain, mentioned in Homer’s’ Odyssey, is the mountain. we call it as Bozdağ today. Mimas, a giant that went to war with Zeus was killed and buried under the mountain for eternity. It is believed that the name of Lake Iris comes from this legend. Another myth concerns Narcissus.”

Technobird loves Karaburun and Mordoğan, too. It is time to leave now for him because other students in their project are waiting for him. Before he leaves, Misak-ı Milli Secondary School Project Team gives him Lokma to eat in order not to get hungry while flying. Because his trip in İzmir is still going on. He asks: “What kind of food is it? I like it very much.” Dila, the leader of the group says: “It is a traditional İzmir food made from flour, yeast, salt and warm water. After making dough with these ingredients, it is fried in very hot flower oil.” Technobird and they eat it with syrup. They are all happy that he likes it. Then they wave to him and say aaltogether: “Goodbye Technobird. We love you very much. Please come and visit us again.” He flies to meet Anafartalar Primary School Project Team both eTwinning Project Coordinator Ülkü Ünver Çelebi and her students in the project. They are looking forward to meeting Technobird.

Anafartalar Primary School students are waiting their visitor Technobird. Sarp, Umut, Ege, İrem and Eray are really excited because of his visit. The mechanic bird flies down from the sky and says “Hello, are you waiting for me?” All the students say “Yeeessss… Hello, Technobird we are waiting for you. What about your other trips in İzmir? Today we are going to visit Konak I hope you will enjoy your visit. This is your last day in İzmir and we will show you the heart of İzmir.” Technobird answers: “My trips with five schools are fantastic. I love all the places we visit and food we eat. We become friends with all the other students in the project. I am sure I will also love you.”

“Let’s start with HISTORICAL ELEVATOR “Asansör”” says Sarp and opens a brochure and then he starts to read the explanation about elevator:

The building is in İzmir’s Karataş quarter, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak. It was built in 1907 as a work of public service by a wealthy Jewish banker Nesim Levi Bayraklıoğlu, in order to ease the 155 step stair passage from the Mithatpaşa Street to Halilrıfatpaşa Street. First the elevator was working with water but then in 1985, it was activated to run on electricity by the municipality. The building was restored in 1992. The bottom entrance of the elevator is from Dario Moreno Street. The street has Sakız type houses and there was a statue of the Jewish descent Turkish guitarist, pianist and actor Dario Moreno. Today, there is a restaurant-cafe by the Metropolitan Municipality of İzmir. (pic1)

“HEY! Are you hungry? There is a beautiful cafe here. Maybe you want to eat our delicious sandwich “KUMRU” That is a traditional Turkish sandwich made with sausage and cheese.” says Ege and Eray. They all get on the elevator and listens to old Turkish music. They eat their delicious sandwiches, kumru. (pic2) “

Our second place is Saat Kulesi “CLOCK TOWER” says Umut. They watch the beautiful scenery and İrem reads the article about clock tower:

“Saat Kulesi” CLOCK TOWER located at Konak Square and has become the symbol of the city. Famous clock tower is on the right at the entrance to Izmir’s Kemeraltı Bazaar in Konak. The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père, was born and spent his entire life in Izmir. He built the tower in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdülhamid II’s. The tower has carving of a crescent moon and star on its four sides and rests on a circular, base and the platform where the tower is based is lowered from the rest of the area. It has palm trees on north and south directions of the structure. The tower is provided with 12 water taps, 3 in each direction. The tower uses a technology called desalination by which it collects sea water from Aegean Sea and gives out pure drinkable water through the outlet pipes. (pic3)

“I have a surprise for you” says Ülkü teacher. “I have 3D clock tower puzzle for you if you want you can make your clock tower…” “YESSS” they shout…They make a cooperation and build their own tower. https://youtu.be/ngTo9rX3mYY(pic4)

“MİDYEEE, MİDYEEE, MİDYEEE…” The man with moustache shouts. Technobird asks “What is that?” “It is a kind of sea food” Ege answers. MİDYE “stuffed mussels” It is delicious. Do you want to eat?” Technobird answers “Yes, birds like sea food.” (Pic5)

Eray goes on reading the brochure for everybody to give information: “Our next stop is KEMERALTI, (Pic 6)

A famous bazaar stretching from Konak Square through to the ancient Agora, Kemeraltı dates back to the 17th century and is home to shops, eateries, artisans’ workshops, mosques, coffeehouses, tea gardens and synagogues. It has crowded and colorful streets, historic places of

worship, hidden courtyards and grand caravansaries reveal the real İzmir. Highlights include the cafes between the Hisar Mosque and the Kızlarağası Han, which serve the city’s famous Turkish coffee boiled in the cup. (pic6)

Technobird is very tired and hungry because it enters all the shops to buy some presents to his friends. They enter a restaurant and eat İZMİR KÖFTE “İzmir meatball” delicious traditional food. Technobird finishes its meal. (pic7)

“We are so happy to be with you. Please come here again.”say all the students.  At the end of the day, they go to CLOCK TOWER (pic8) again, where all the project partners from İzmir (coordinator teachers of Better Together eTwinning Project, Belgin DAŞDEMİR from Kaklıç Primary School, Zahide Zarife TORTOP ÇELTİK from

Melih Özakat Primary School, Duygu KARAKUŞ from Cengiz Han Primary School, Bahriye AKKUŞ from Seferihisar İMKB AİHL, İnci ÖNDERLİ from Misak-ı Milli Secondary School and Ülkü Ünver ÇELEBİ from Anafartalar Primary School and their students in the project) waiting for them to say “Goodbye”

3D clock tower puzzle /  https://youtu.be/ngTo9rX3mYY

They, all schools with eTwinning coordinators and their students decide to see off Technobird in Konak Square so they meet there on the last days of their trip. Technobird’s İzmir trip is over now and he  says it is very entertaining and educative trip for him and them. After he thanks them for these unforgettable memories in İzmir altogether, he flies to other adventures with the other project partners. İzmir Team waves altogether to him and shout altogether to the beautiful bird: “Goodbye Technobird. Come and see us again whenever you want. We always welcome you in İzmir. We will miss you.” They, all are happy to know Technobird thanks to our eTwinning project “Better Together”, but we are so sad to leave him. He looks to all of us for the last time and flies away to continue his visits for exploring Turkey’s cultural heritage in other beautiful cities with the other Better Together Project Partners. We will never forget him and follow his adventures during his trip all around Turkey.

4. TECHNOBIRD IS IN DENIZLI

4.1. Cennet AYAYDIN KAŞIKARA- Vakıfbank Primary School

It is a sunny day and technobird is flying on the sky of Denizli when it sees something shining in the city center it flies to this interesting thing and when it arrives there, it is captivated by a roaster statue made of glass. It is colorful and shining. Techno bird looks at the statue suprisigingly.At that moment Vakıfbank Primary School students are there,too.They see the techno bird, coming closer and start to view it while technobird is looking at the statue. Technobird asks why there is a roaster statue in the city center and learns that Denizli is famous for its roasters. They can crow nearly two minutes without have a break to take a breath. Technobird is surprised and wants to see a real Denizli roaster.

Students suggest it to eat semolina dessert with ice-cream which is a famous taste you can eat when you’re in Denizli. While they are eating this wonderful taste, techno bird recognizes another big roaster statue but this is not made of glass but interestingly this roaster is wearing a bathrobe. Students tell that Denizli is famous for textile, too and also there is a building called ‘’Babadağlılar Office Blocks’’ where textile materials are sold. Every year there are lots of festivals in the districts of Denizli.They offers Technobird to go and see Bolden which brides usually go and buy their dowers for their new home. Technobird is interested in going there.Buldan is a small town and there are lots of boutiques and shops selling textile materials such as bathrobe, towels, linens, bedspreads and there are also amusing luxurious wedding dresses,too.Technobird is fascinated.As technobird seems very happy , students tell it that they want to make a surprise and ask it to close its eyes. Technobird closes its eyes and suddenly it gets bigger.Now students are surpsised.Technobird says it has magical powers and it wants to make students surprised,too.Students sit on its wings as if they are getting on a plane. They fly over the sky and students shows it a place surrounded by trees. They shout ‘’that’s it!’’ and they start to fly down.

Now, they are near a waterfall called ‘’Güney Waterfall’’ and it is amusing.The weather is cool and everywhere is beautiful.They take photos in this great scene.There are people making barbecue and some people are playing instruments and singing together. They sit under a tree and listen the sound of waterful.it is relaxing. Some students pass under the waterfall and shout when they feel the cold water. they are playing with water happily and forget the hot weather in the city center. Technobird thank them to be there because it is a great pleasure and experience for it. It is really happy.

4.2. Saniye ÇETİNTAŞ- Kalaycıoğlu Secondary School

Technobird is akind of bird that really loves seeing new places and learning about their cultures. While it is flying over Denizli, it sees a high white mountain and there are some black points on it. It gets lower and recgnizes that it is a ski center and the black points are people who are skiing. It lands on the mountain and sees some students there. The students also come to the Technobird. The students are from Sait Kalaycıoğlu Secondary School and their teacher is Saniye Çetintaş. They meet each other and the students love Technobird very much. They tell about the ski center and Technobird learns that its name is ‘Bozdağ’ and it is the largest ski center in the Aegean Region. The students and Technobird skies for a while and they get very hungry.

The students take Technobird to the ‘Bağpazarı’ which is a natural recreation park in the center of Tavas. They sit at a table and they eat some of the famous dishes of Tavas such as ‘Tavas pidesi’,

‘Tavas Baklavası’(that is a patented dessert), and ‘Tavas Kebap’. Technobird loves all kind of food that it tastes in Tavas. While thay are eating, they hear a folk music. Technobird asks what the music is and the students say that it is the music of Tavas’ folk dance ‘Zeybek’. The students also say that every year there is a Zeybek Festival and the people from different cities around the Aegean Region who dance with folk music come to Tavas and the groups performs their dance shows.

Technobird says that it really likes watching folk dances and wants to watch them. The students take Technobird to the amphitheater and they watch the shows and ‘Tavas Zeybeği’. Technobird is fascinated from the performances of the Zeybek and wants to learn how to dance. The students make a surprise to Technobird and they give a Zeybek costume as a present. Technobird thanks to the students.

There are a lot of exhibition of handicrafts of Tavas in the festival area. Technobird looks tha stands and sees the famous handicrafts called ‘Tel Kırma and Gergef’ Works. The students also show a ‘Terrakota’  to Technobird and tell that it is a famous handmade work of Tavas.  It likes them and wants to buy a Tel Kırma tablecloth for its mother but the students have already prepared a peresent for Technobird’s family. There is a stand on which Kızılcabölük weaving clothes are being presented. The students tell that these weaving clothes were used in the movie ‘Troy’ and the starrings of the film Bratt Pitt(Ahhilleus) and Diane Kruger(Helen) wore those clothes. Tecnnobird is surprised when it hears this information because it watched that film years ago.

At the end, Technobird says that ‘I must g oto another place and thank you all for your nice hosting. I had a great time with you and liked Tavas very much as the other places in Denizli. I will come here again. ‘ Technobird and the students hug each other and the students waves their hands while Technobird is flying over them.

4.3. Seher AN- Denizli Visually Impaired School

Technobird flies over Güney Waterfall. It admires it because Güney Waterfall is just like a secret heaven. It wants to rest. Technobird sees the children . They sing songs happily. They began to have a talk about its journey. The children are impessed its journey. The children also want to Show Technobird around Pamukkale, Hieropolis and Laodicea. Then They go to Pamukkale.

They drive to Karahayıt Red Water Hot Springs. After a short visit to the natural beaty, they go to the Hieropolis and start to explore that mighty antiqe city. They see the Necropolis, Bath and Basilica, the Temple of Apollon. Pamukkale is one of Turkey’s most famous landmarks. It is wonderful place. Rippling out in a series of semi-circular travertines, this pure-white mountain makes for some bizarrely beautiful photographic opportunities set as it is among green farming fields. Afterwards, they stop at Cleopatra’s Pool. They swim in there.

They go to Laodicea. They see the theater, the church and the museum. Technobird admires Pamukkale, Hieropolis and Laodicea.

The departuring times come. They decide to communicate each other. The technobird promise to send its travel photos.

4.4. Mihriban KOR- Vakıfbank Primary School

I wake up early by listening to the amazing songs of the birds that land on Servergazi Park. I meet Technobird, when it sings the song together with its friends.However, it looks tired because it visits Pamukkale, Karahayıt and Laodicea and likes these places vey much.It says “Now it is time to sing and have a rest!”Technobird which likes travelling around different cities and countries in the world is a very smart and technological bird. During Turkey’s tour, it visits Denizli, the Tomb of Gazi Server and Servergazi Park because it likes forests and fresh air.Technobird learns that the Tomb of Gazi Server belongs to the Seljuq commander Gazi Server who martyrised in 1210 during Denizli’s conquest. Therefore, it is very significant for Denizli’s history.In addition to its historical value and fresh air, Technobird sees that there is a big picnic area, a restaurant, two playgrounds for children, hiking trail, running path and buffets in Servergazi Park. After that, I introduce Technobird to my students who are keen on using technology and web2 tools in their lessons.They surprised Technobird by planning to visit İncilipınar Park, Bağbaşı Forest and Bağbaşı Plateau. My students are very happy and excited to show these areas to Technobird. The giant plane trees, pools, playgrounds, picnic areas and hiking trails in İncilipınar Park are very good to spend enjoyable time for Technobird.The big monuments on which Turkish leaders’ biographies are written attract Technobird’s attetion. Technobird is surprised when it learns that Denizli scored a first in Turkey in 2018 by winning “The Green Flag” award with İncilipınar Park for its effective recreational green space. jhj Now, it is time to get on a cable car and visit Bağbaşı Forest and Bağbaşı Olive Plateau. Technobird feels at home in Bağbaşı Forest because it runs across and talks to so many friends like foxes, jackals, patridges, wild pigeons, woodpekers and deeers and also sees different kinds of plants and trees like sandalwood, wildpear, daphne. The Bağbaşı Plateau is famous for its snow scenes in winter and a fine fresh cool weather in summer.Technobird likes cool fresh air. Moreover, Technobird sees a restaurant, a cafe, picnic spaces, hair tents, local product sales centers and wooden bungalows and rooms, tent camping areas for those want to stay here. It likes here very much.

5. TECHNOBIRD IS IN BURSA

5.1. Emine KIRBULUT- Şahin Yılmaz Primary School

5.2. Özlem Şener CIRIK-Mehmet Aker Primary School

5.3. Sevil TURAN-Şükrü Şankaya Primary School

5.4. Dilek ÖZGÜR-Dürdane Secondary School

5.5. Esra Suçağlar YILDIZ- Mithatpaşa Secondary School

5.6. Arzu KILINÇ- Necla Orhan Primary School

Technobird that comes from Denizli is so tired and about to freeze because of flying in Uludag. Meanwhile, Sevil Turan teacher and her lovely students ski in Uludag. After an enjoyable day ,they plan going back home by taking Teleferik that makes getting up and down the mountain fast and easy. At this time, they are so surprised when Technobird falls down in front of them. Yağmur,one of the students of Sevil Teacher, wraps the bird with her scarf immediately and they take it to the nearest veterinarian. After the treatment, Sevil Teacher says

-While we are here, let’s visit the Green Tomb,one of the most distrinctive landmarks of Bursa, and Emirsultan Mosque. The kids are so happy to show these places to Technobird. They all

love the spectacular mosque with the splendid tiles. Then, they begin yo walk towards Heykel Square,the centre of Bursa city. While walking, they approach Irgandi Bridge in Setbaşı. They ‘re influenced by its history. They leave flowers in Atatürk’s bust. They encounter Özlem Şener Cırık Teacher and her lovely students in front of Ahmet Vefik Paşa Theatre.

Özlem teacher and her students love tecnobird very much and they want to go around with him.They go to Ulu Mosque together with him. Ulu Mosque is very big and it has wonderful architecture. They are charmed when they see its superiority. Then they go around Kozahan and they drink tea in a cafe in Kozahan . Then they go to City Museum . While they are talking in way , they go to Tophane .Esra teacher is drinking tea with her students in front of Tophane Clock Tower.Suddenly,they see an interesting object in the sky. One of her students shouted ‘Look, it is Technobird’.The students are really excited to meet Technobird.They walk together and take photos of Tophane Clock Tower.Technobird is amazed when it watches the view of Bursa from Tophane.Then,they go to another historic place ,Muradiye Complex.Technobird is really excited when it sees Muradiye Complex .After then,They go to Hacivat and Karagöz Tomb.The story of Hacivat and Karagöz attracts Technobird’s attention.It wants to see Hacivat and Karagöz Museum opposite their tomb. Emine KIRBULUT and her students are there too. They are watching shadow game. Then Emine teacher and her students decides to go to Gemlik with Technobird. Emine teacher says ; — Children Gemlik is famous with olives and olive oil. Let’s have a break and taste some olives.

Then they decide to go to Tirilye /Mudanya by boat after walking around for a while.Tirilye is an old, historical Greek town.There are lots of old Greek houses,churches,mosques and centennial plane trees everywhere. Technobird enjoys travelling by boat so much. While they are drinking tea at The Historical Çamlı Cafe, they meet Arzu KILIÇ teacher and her students there. Under the centuries-old plane trees and pine trees, this area on the hill, which overlooks the sea, the olive gardens and the surrounding landscape, functions as a tea garden.Meanwhile ,Arzu teacher’s students love tecnobird so much and technobird loves them ,too.After visiting Tirilye, tecnobird and the students go to The House of Mütareke in Mudanya. This house which is located in the center of Mudanya dates from 19th century. Armistice of Mudanya which was the first success of The Turkish Grand National Assembly was signed in this house .Then Arzu teacher and her students go to Gölyazı.They meet Dilek ÖZGÜR teacher and her students who are another e-twinning team,too.Technobird likes them so much and it wants to go on its trip with them.Students like it,too.They become happy.They start to tell about Gölyazı.It is a fishing village.It is famous for pike and catfish.In this village,both men and women are interested in fishing.First,they visit Saint Panteleimon Church.It is an important place.Because it is one of the unique buildings in Anatolian cities.Students want to show more different places and they go to Zambak Hill. After they see the great landscape, technobird feels hungry.It wants to taste of pike.While they are going to an eating house,technobird sees the crying plane tree which is an symbol of Gölyazı.They take a photo in front of this oldest tree. After lunch,it is time for a

boat tour.The boat tour starts.They see small islands and lotus around the lake.Tomorrow ,this project team starts a new trip.They go to Cumalıkızık.It is a foundation village.Its historic structure is protected remarkably.This village can be seen in many series on TV.If we want to give an example ,we can say ‘Kınalı Kar’.It is morning and they want to have breakfast.Thet go to one of the village houses.They eat pancake,jam,village cheese and butter.This village is well-known for breakfast.After breakfast,they visit Ethnography Museum and walk on the stony and narrow streets. Technobird likes this village,too.It wants to see another beautiful places in Bursa.While e-twinning team and technobird are talking,luckily, they meet another e-Twinning team,Sevil teacher and her students. Sevil Teacher would go to the Zoo with her students. Technobird joins to them. After visiting the Botanical Park and the Zoo, they encounter Özlem Teacher and her students. They go to Iznik. They watch Iznik Lake and they go around Hagia Sophia Mosque and Museum in there. They visit Archaeological Museum and historical ruins. Then they investigate famous İznik ceramic tiles.

Then they send tecnobird for going another different places

6. TECHNOBIRD IS IN BALIKESİR

6. 1. Ayşe ERSARI- Mustafa Keskın Secondary School

While Technobird think about another destination,his friend recommend him to go Balıkesir.He said that Balıkesir has shores that clean sea water reach’s the sanded beaches, and those shores surrounded by green olive trees. Ayvalık, Burhaniye, Ören, Edremit, Akçay and Altınoluk are attractive holiday place for whom want to rest in enjoyable environment or whom interested by archeological places.So Technobird decided to go.In fact there are too many ways to go there such as ;Roadway,Railway: Railway ,Seaway,Airway, he wanted to fly J

On the first day,he went to Kuvayı Milliye Museum: is at the old town hole. Balıkesir is a frontier province for development of Kuvayı Milliye, written decisions of 41 vanguard representatives, 5 main decision of congress, private items of these heroes, their photographs, and some photographs of Atatürk which taken when he arrive Balıkesir province.Moreover there are Erdemit city museum and Erdek open air museum present at the Balıkesir province.He also visited Zağnos Paşa Mosque, Yıldırım Mosque , Karesi Bey Tomb: it is at behind side of Pasha Mosque. Inside the tomb there are graves of Karesi Bey .He was so tired but really happy to see that places.

On the second day,he went to  Kazdagi (Ida) National Park.It was such a full of oxygen that he wanted to stay in tents or caravans.But he had to go.Because there a lot of places he wanted to see.Next destination was Ayvalik Islands Natural Park.The Ayvalık Islands Natural Park is within the borders of Balıkesir Province in Marmara Region.In the Natural Park, camping areas and areas for daily usage will be arranged. In the Şeytan Sofrası Locality, an orientation centre will be activated, and in Güneş Island a centre for water sports like scuba – diving, and under sea fishing will be established.

Technobird heard that Höşmerim cookies and Susurluk ayran (a drink with yogurt) are famous at province.So he decided to try and enjoyed them so much.Before leaving Balıkesir,he bought Höşmerim cookie, cologne and  Yağcı Bedir rugs in order to show his parents.It was full of fun to be in Balıkesir.He thought that  Watching sinking sun at Şeytan Sofrası,swimming at beach of counties,using Thermal springs, eating Höşmerim cookies, drinking Susurluk ayran and buying cologne and buying Yağcı Bedir rugs at Sındırgı were so sweet to remember.While he leaving there,he was thinking about them.

7. TECHNOBIRD IS IN EDİRNE

7.1. Semiha Eruyanık- Gazi Mahmut Primary School

7.2. Yasemin Bulut- Edirne Gazi Primary School

We heard a sudden noice while we are studying in the classroom.Our English teacher goes to the window slowly and we are surprising after seeing the bird.It talks!!!How can a bird talk?Do we dream?No,no it can talk really.It says “Oh, oh I am really tired.”It suddenly sees our shocking faces ,gives up talking itself and smiles.”Hello!How are you guys?”it says.All of us stand up and go near to our teacher.Our teacher says”Hello!Fine!Who are you?”.It says “I am ..I am Technobird.I am go around Turkey and visit the cities which participate in BETTER TOGETHER.I heard that the students who participate in this project are very good –hearted and they can help me to visit some important places in Edirne.”After listening it,we look our teacher unpatiently and start to say”please,please..”

Our teacher says “Ok Technobird.Don’t worry.I and my students can help you sincerely.”After thinking shortly,she says “Let’s visit Selimiye Mosque first.Look!it is very near our school.You can see it through window.”After looking through the window,Technobird says”Wow,İt looks like amazing.Let’s see it closer.” And then we walk two minutes and arrive at Selimiye mosque.Our teacher starts to tell “Symbol of the Ottoman Empire and Edirne, Selimiye mosque was built by the order of Sultan Selim II between 1569 and 1575 years at the center of city, Edirne. One of the main masterpieces in the Ottoman Art and the history of architecture in worldwide, the architect of glorious building is Great Sinan. He said that he regarded famous Selimiye Mosque as a mastership work.It was made of face stone. Because it covers the area of 2.475 m2, the enormous construction was chosen as the largest mosque in the world. When it is looked at the building history of the Selimiye Mosque, it is said that at the beginning there was a palace established by Ottoman Sultan Yıldırım Bayezid in the same place. But then it was demolished due to not durable. Finally, genius artist Sinan succeeded this magnificent mosque to get our day.Today, many engineers and architects coming from everywhere tried to secret of the mosque building but they cannot completely figure out it. Therefore it took a place in UNESCO’s World History Heritage Candidate List.”Technobird says”Wow how you are lucky because of being very close to this amazing construction.You can see it every day through the window of the school.” We say “yesss!”

We decide to go Beyazıt Health Museum together,because Technobird must see it too.After arriving there our teacher starts to tell again” Sultan II. The foundations of the Bayezid Complex were laid by Sultan II.Bayezid personally in 1484 and the period was completed in economic and manpower as short as 4 years and opened to service in 1488. The complex has Hospital, medical school, mosque, guest house, imaret, hamam and bridge. This multi-purpose complex also reflects the social state concept of the time. The sick people were examined and

cured in the hospital, with the peaceful tones of the voice of the music and of the water resonate in the stone walls.”When we look at Technobird,it listens carefully.

We are really hungry after visiting and we say “Technobird!You have to eat the famous Edirne Ciğer.We are sure you ‘ll like it definitely.”Technobird says “I like to eat the famous food of the cities I visit.Let’s go!”While Technobird eats the ciger,it says”This is really delicious!”.We are pleased to hear that.Suddenly our teacher says”Hey Technobird what about going to Uzunköprü which is one of the towns of Edirne.There is a friend of mine who are in Better Together and I am sure they are going to be happy to host you.”Technobird flies day by day and it is really tired.It wants to have rest in a small town called

Uzunköprü.Technobird sees along and fascinating stone bridge While flying. Uzunköprü(in English long bridge) is a town in Edirne Province in Turkey. It was built by Architect Müslihiddin and Gazi Mahmut.It is shocked.Because there are lots of students near Ergene river.They visit the bridge and they try to learn their history of their school.The students wish to take it to their school ,Gazi Mahmut Primary School.Because they have mis soap course at the science laboratory .After a short town tour,They arrives the school.They are very excited as they learn the oldest historic handcraft mis soap.They shape the soap as a fruit like apple ,banana,watermelon ,Whatever they want .Technobird thinks it is marvellous experience for it.But it is time to leave the city and know new cities and towns.Saying goodbye to students,It disappears behind the clouds

8. TECHNOBIRD IS IN TEKİRDAĞ

8.1. Sevil COŞKUN YELKEN- Kazandereli Memiş Pehlivan Secondary School

8.2. Derya Güzelci GÜNDEMİR- Malkara Anatolian Religious Vocational High School

8.1. Sevil COŞKUN YELKEN- Kazandereli Memiş Pehlivan Secondary School

Oh my God! What a nice picture how wonderful it is. Which city is this? Tekirdağ ? dağ means mountain but where are high mountains? There is sea, it’s great. Plains, sunflower farms, houses…City centre is called Süleymanpaşa. It has an important role in İndependence War and Mustafa Kenal Atatürk visits the city. Namık Kemal, a famous poet, was born in Tekirdağ, there is a house as a museum. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı loves and writes about the city. So it has a name(Üç Kemaller Diyarı). I can’t believe in my eyes , Is a man paragliding there? Hm… well, what to eat? Meatball, höşmerim(a halva made with cheese), Hayrabolu dessert…I really liked this city.

8.2. Derya Güzelci GÜNDEMİR- Malkara Anatolian Religious Vocational High School

One day, Technobird came to the garden of Malkara Anatolian Religious Vocational High School. Technobird was so colorful and beautiful that students were very happy to see it. It was also talkative. It had a lot of things to tell. Technobird said “hello guys!” to the students and started to tell its memories.  After telling lots of things, it got hunry and thirsty. Students decided to prepare traditional meals of Malkara for Technobird and set the table. There were lots of food such as tarhana soup, Tekirdağ meatball, manca, chicken patty, cheese halva, milk patty. Although all the meals were delicious, Techobird just tasted them. Because it was too small. After lunch, students decided to take Technobird to the famous fountains of Malkara. Firstly, students and Technobird went to historical Hüsrev Kethüda Fountain. Technobird drank water from the fountain and said “It tasted really good.” Then, they orderly went to other historical fountains, Marble Fountain, Bath Fountain, Sky Fountain. They were built in Ottoman time and all of them were fascinating. Technobird was fond of the fountains. After that, students and Technobird visited one of the historical mosques of Malkara. They went to Hacerzade İbrahim Bey Mosque. Students gave information about the history of the mosque to Technobird. It was built in Ottoman time. At the end of the day, Technobird and students were happy to have a good time. Technobird promised that it would come back again and see them. It said goodbye and flew.

9. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ÇANAKKALE

9.1. Yeliz DEMİR- Şehit Hüseyin Çetin İmam Hatip  Secondary School

One day,when technobIrd Is tourIng bosphoruses,he notIces that he comes to çanakkale lapseki şehit hüseyin çetin imam hatip secondary school to Introduce çanakkale to hIm.and the students starts off the road to Introduce hIm çanakkale.fırstly,they go to pırıs reıs museum in gallipolı.and one of the students starts to tell:

The castle that the orıgın belongs to ancıent tımes  restorated by byzantınes.ıt was damaged during the first world war.there are paintings,maps,busts that remember us the famous sailor who was from gallipoli.

And whıle students chattıng with technobırd,theır teachers decıde to take them to monuments of martyrs.thereupon technobırd is moved to tears beacause he says that vısıtıng the martyrs remembers hım wars.when they arrive there,one student starts to tell:

The monument of martyrs is built so that everybody can remember what happened during the first world war in these geograpcial lands and of course to memorialize our martyrs.

This monument is built 25*25 m and it is located on four legs ,its high 41 meters.below the monument  there is  war antiques museum and its near there is a robin monument,turkish martyrs.

And technobırd says that while he comes ,he sees a wooden horse and he wonders what ıt ıs asks to students and they answer:

When the army who wants to grab to troy cant pass away the ramparts,they built the troy statue and replace their own men.a man stays there to tell it .ın the morning,trojans wonder this statue in front of the ramparts and go out.and the man who stays there tells them that it is a present for them and they built it very big because they cant take ıt to inside.and he thinks that they can burn this statue.so then the king takes the statue inside asininely to them.at night the army that inside the statue comes out and grabs troy.technobird who listens to this story ask the local foods of çanakkale.and a student orders them:

*Sea beans

*Cheese Halva

*Bluefish

*Mushroom Meatball

*Tarhana Soup with tomato

*Kebab with eggplant

Technobırd thanks a lot and go away to other cities

10. TECHNOBIRD IS IN UŞAK

10.1. Nurhayat KÖKDENER-Gazi Mustafa Kemal Primary School

Ela and her friends are very excited when they see technobird in the school garden. They run and hug the bird. It is very tired and hungry. They take it to Ela’s home and her mother serves traditional Uşak tarhana. Ela says

in Uşak you can both witness the history of the region while enjoying stunning views of natures beauty. Let’s go and visit Uşak museum of archaeology they say altogether. Technobird is impressed by the croesus treasure which is a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artifacts from the seventh century B.C.

Then they decide to visit the city’s famous canyon, which is known as the second longest canyon in the entire world after the U.S. Grand Canyon. Ela reads the information written there to technobird. “Once home to several ancient civilizations, including Lydia, Macedonia, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, Germiyanids and the Ottoman Empire, the Ulubey Canyon spans an impressive 40-45 kilometers in length and is still home to some ancient ruins.” After visiting the world-famous canyon, they stop by the Cılandıras Bridge. Ela says it is an ancient structure built during the Phrygian era. After visiting Ulubey canyon and Cılandiras

bridge they visit the Uşak Municipality Weaver House and view the weaving process of making traditional Uşak carpets. Ela says Uşak carpets symbolize elegance, durability and authenticity. Lastly, after experiencing all of these aspects of Uşak, they all go to

see the sport “javelin,” a traditional, ancient Turkish competition between horsemen. Technobird ride a horse on javelin farm, too.

After witnessing the history of the region, enjoying stunning views of natures beauty and tasting traditional meal of Uşak technobird thanks Ela and her friends and goes to a different city of Turkey to see new places.

11. TECHNOBIRD IS IN AFYONKARAHİSAR

11.1. Tuğçe GÜNEYLİ- Yaylabaği Şehit Ahmet Öztürk Secondary School

A small bird freezes in Afyonkarahisar famous for its cold weather.  It lands on Yaylabağı Şehit Ahmet Öztürk Secondary School. We save it and take it to the Thermal Springs because there are a lot of thermal hotels in our city and it is very curative. Afyonkarahisar is one of the leading cities about thermals with its Ömer, Gecek, Gazlıgöl, Hüdai and Heybeli thermal spring and with the modern hotels and hostels there. The Thermal and mineral springs are very important for the health. After the bird heals we learn its name is TechnoBird. We go to city center with TechnoBird.

When we go to Afyonkarahisar city center,TechnoBird sees the Karahisar Castle and wants to step up the castle. Karahisar Castle is situated on a rock mass in 226 metres in height in the South part of the city. The castle was built as a shelter for the soldiers during Arzava military expedition by Murşil the second Hittite King in 1344 BC.  We enjoy the scenery of Afyonkarahisar on the castle.

Atatürk and his military won a lot of wars inAfyonkarahisar to announce Turkish Republic.  So, we visit National Park of Supreme Military Command.

When TechnoBird is hungry we goto a restaurant. Afyonkarahisar cuisine is very rich with its traditional dishes. It is very common to use opium and opium oil especially in the pastry.In special occasion, people lay a big table to eat together and this meal is called as ‘SıraYemeği’. The variety of the food in this meal changes from 10-25 kinds of meal to 40 kinds of meal. Afyonkarahisar traditional tastes; soup: sakalaçarpan, tandır soup, göcetarhana

(soup with dried yoghurt). Some of the traditional pastries are: arabaşı, ağzıaçık, bükme, haşgeşli, katmer.TechnoBirdchooses tandır soup, Turkish style fermented sausage to eat. Then, TechnoBird wants to eat crumpets in thick syrup with clotted cream. They are very delicious.

We go to Frig Valley to visit Avdalas Castle, Memeçkaya Church, Ayazini Church, Göynüş Valley and Emre Lake. We walk through the Frig Hiking Trail. We take a break and drink mineral water fabricated in our region. When we are drinking mineral water TechnoBirdsees its friends looking for it. TechnoBird thanks us for the trip and delicious foods and says goodbye. It comes together with its friends and flies away.

12. TECHNOBIRD IS IN MANİSA

12.1. Seçil  Köklü  GÜLSEVEN- Yunusemre Atatürk Secondary School

12.2. Neslihan ABAKAY ARTAN- Tepeköy Secondary School

12.1. Seçil  Köklü  GÜLSEVEN- Yunusemre Atatürk Secondary School

Written by students of 6/D

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Hello, from Manisa. It is an attractive, modern city with a far-reaching past in the Aegean Region of Turkey. Its history goes back to 500 BC but the first known settlements date back to the 14th century BC. In Ottoman times, many of the sons of sultans receive their education in Manisa and the city is commonly known as “The City of Shahzades” It lies in the valley of the Gediz River (ancient Hermus River), below Mount Sipylus . Manisa celebrates the annual Vintage Festival every September, when bringing in the fruits of the vineyards is celebrated with excitement. The vineyards surround the city and provide dry fruit for export from Izmir port.

We are the students of 6/D at Yunusemre Atatürk Secondary School.While we are planning the school trip in the school garden with Seçil teacher,we see a very different bird. It lies under the tree and looks very tired.We know this bird from ‘’Better Together’’project.It is Technobird .It is a very clever and tecnological bird.Technobird travels around Turkey.When it passes through Manisa,It sees lots of people below and wonders.First, we start to talk about Manisa and its beauty,delicious food.Then,we explain the crowd why so many people come together because It is Traditional Mesir Paste Festival time in Manisa.We decide to take Technobird to the Sultan Mosque and join the festival together.

The Mesir Macunu festival of Manisa, Turkey, commemorates the recovery of Hafsa Sultan, mother of Suleiman the Magnificent, who is cured of a disease by the invention of a paste known as Mesir Macunu. The Sultan then order that the paste be disseminated to the public. So, every year the paste is prepared by a chef and apprentices from 41 fresh spices and herbs according to traditional practice. A team of 14 women wrap the paste in small pieces of paper, and 28 imams and apprentices bless it before scattering the paste from the top of the minaret

and the domes of the Sultan Mosque. Thousands of people come from different regions of Turkey to compete to catch the pieces as they fall. Many people believe that If you catch and eat ,it restores health, youth and you won’t get sick through the year. Historical Ottoman music band performs during the preparation of the paste and throughout the festival. Inhabitants of Manisa have a deep emotional attachment to the festival. The strength of tradition creates a strong sense of solidarity among local communities, and the city welcomes guests from almost all regions of Turkey and around the World.

Technobird catches and eats some Mesir pastes and becomes stronger and more energetic now. After the festival,it wonders Niobe (The Weeping Rock).We visit and tell the mythological story of Niobe.

The short mythical story of Niobe is one of the famous legends that feature in the mythology of ancient civilizations. Niobe is a very beautiful woman has seven daughters and seven sons.She is very nobly and proud of this.She is the queen of Thebes.Leto has only two children Artemis and Apollo.Leto is very jealous of Niobe.She sends her children to earth.Artemis and Apollo kill all of Niobe’s children.After this she cries and turns into a stone. Niobe is weeping even to this day. Technobird likes the story very much.Then,we go sightseeing across Spil Mountain and pick some wild Tulips known as Anemon..After that we are very hungry and Technobird wants to eat Manisa Kebab.We go to a restaurant which is in Atatürk City Park .It

is the biggest park in Manisa.Technobird really likes this delicious famous food.After a short break ,Technobird wonders Tarzan and it wants to see the statue of him in the center.His real name is Ahmet Bedevi .He loves nature and throughout his life he always plants trees and protects the environment. Later, we see the magnificent Muradiye Mosque from 16th century .It was built by the great architect Sinan, and the Murad Bey Medresse now houses the Archaeological Museum of Manisa.Finally,we decide to see Aigai Ancient City. It is in the Yuntdağı region of the western province of Manisa’s Yunusemre district, excavation works have commenced in order to unearth the Temple of Athena in the ancient city of Aigai.

Technobird also sees some souviners and buys some gifts in New Inn.

We are very happy and glad to be with Technobird in the center of Manisa.Now Technobird says goodbye with lots of good memories.

12.2. Neslihan ABAKAY ARTAN- Tepeköy Secondary School

MANİSA-ALAŞEHİR

After the trip in the centre of Manisa,  Technobird decides to visit the other districts of this beautiful city. He has heard about Neslihan teacher and her students in Tepeköy Secondary School before, so he turns its way to Alaşehir. When it lands on the school garden, all the project students come together around it. They welcome the technobird excitingly and start their tour.

First, they take technobird to vineyards. Alaşehir is a main center of production and export of dried Sultana raisins. The foundation of Tariş Raisins Union started with Bağcılar

Cooperative, which was established in Alaşehir first in 1931. Alaşehir sub-province has very good topography, soil, and climate for growing of agricultural products. Except, bananas, hazelnuts, and tea all agricultural products are grown in Alaşehir. But, this sub-province is very

famous for its sultana grapes and 1/3 of the exported production of sultana grapes are produced here. The economy of Alaşehir is completely based on agricultural sector, and vineyards cover almost half of the agricultural area. After getting this information, technobird tastes some raisins and finds them very delicious. The students and their teacher also put some raisins into their pockets and they go on their tour.

Technobird wonders about the mineral water and Sarıkız, and asks questions about the production place of this popular water and the story of Sarıkız. The students take it to Sarıkız square and start telling about it. The Sarıkız mineral water is a source known since the beginning of the 1800s and different legends were written on its name. According to one legend, Sarıkız is a tall Turkish girl with golden hair. She is proverbial with her beauty and charitableness and a member of one of the tribes. She distributes water to the soldiers in the battlefield. She dresses the wounds of wounded people and eases their pain. One day, an enemy shoots her with an arrow in her chest anda he fell martyr. The water is said to gush from the ground where Sarıkız fell. It is such a beautiful flowing water that it becomes a river with time. The river has become a healing water and relieved pain. The technobird is amazed with this myth and wants to try this miraculous mineral water which is a gift of nature. The students show the fountain from which natural mineral water is flowing all the time. They rush to the fountain with technobird and drink this healing water thirstily. Technobird really enjoys this.

After a tiring tour, they decide to eat something and technobird gets excited about trying new dishes. First, it tries kapama, a kind of food in which small meatballs are put into rolled dough and fried and served with meat broth. Technobird is really happy to explore a different flavour. Then Project members make it taste all the other dishes such as pitta bread, stuffed grape leaves, popular Alaşehir bread and pancakes. Technobird admired all types of these cultural dishes.

Technobird is so full that  it decides to fly over this amazing city for a short time and thanks to the students of Tepeköy Secondary School and Neslihan Teacher for their guidance.

While flying and watching the wonderful view from the sky, it sees an amazing location which looks like Cappadocia. He is fascinated by this beautiful landscape formed by geological activities. It flies near these formations and learns that the land formations that look like the fairy chimneys are so similar to the ones in Cappadocia and they even named Kula’s landscape “Kuladokya”.Then technobird wonders this amazing city, Kula, and enters the city centre. It sees the narrow roads and wonderful Kula homes and asks people about them. They are wooden houses built in 18th century under the Ottoman Empire. Kula houses usually have two floors and the upper floors projecting towards the street.

Technobird are so happy to do a number of exciting things in Manisa. From historical sites to cultural attractions, it discovers all local attractions. It is also sure that it will never forget this fascinating city, and “Better Together” Project members in Tepeköy Secondary School

13. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ESKİŞEHİR

13.1. Davut ATIŞ- Kardeşler Secondary School

13.2. Berna ERGÜN- TOKİ Şehit İkram Cirit Anatolian High School

13.3. Gülrehal GÜMÜŞLÜ- Ahmet Sezer Secondary School

13.4. Emel ÇAKIR- 1. Hava İkmal Bakım Merkezi Primary School

Technobird is a very smart and technologic bird. It travels around the World. Now, it is in Turkey. While it flies around Turkey, it passes through Eskişehir. When it looks below, it sees some of the students in etwinning team at Kardeşler Secondary School. Because the students are interested in using web 2.0 tools and technology in their lessons, that attracts Technobird’s attention very much. Technobird decides to land on Eskişehir. It starts sightseeing

across Porsuk River. Technobird learns that Porsuk River divides the city into two municipalities as Tepebaşı and Odunpazarı. It sees that the district around the river is called Adalar (The Islands). Technobird takes a gondola tour there. Technobird sees a lot of statues and artistic features of the city. It likes the city  very much because the people are very friendly and there are lots of parks in Eskişehir. Technobird feels very happy.

Technobird enjoys the food culture in Turkey and likes to taste different food in different cities. It learns that Eskişehir is famous for Met Halva- a sweetmeat like dessert mostly made with semolina or flour and Çibörek- a traditional Tatar food made with fried dough and minced meat. It visits a restaurant and sees how to make çibörek and met helva and wants their recipe. Technobird records the tastes of these food in its memory. It’s a very smart bird.

After Technobird eats the food, he continues its trip over Eskişehir. When it flies above the district of Historic Odunpazarı Area, Technobird sees a glomorous complex called Kurşunlu Külliyesi. It is located in the district of Historic Odunpazarı Area. This  complex attracts Technobird’s attention very much and it starts to walk around the buildings in it. There are some historical buildings like the mosque, imarethane, kervansaray, şadırvan, madrasah, sıbyan mektebi and tabhane in the complex.  Technobird is fascinated by Kurşunlu Külliyesi and its architectural design. It learns that this complex comes from Ottoman Empire and dates back to 16th century. Then, it realises a precious stone there. It is called Lületaşı (Meerschaum) It is an important symbol in Eskisehir and also known as Eskişehir stone. Technobird also sees some souviners made of meerschaum. Technobird buys some gifts and takes lots of photographs there. It’s glad to be in Eskişehir and continues its visit in the city with lots of beautiful memories.

Our  Better Together  project traveller Technobird  decides to visit  Toki Şehit İkram Cirit Anatolian Hıgh School. When it enters the school garden Better Together  e twinning project coordinator  Berna ERGÜN  and the students who participate in the project welcome it.Technobird is very pleased to meet them.After chatting for a while, it  wants to see the famous park in Eskişehir which is called Sazova Science,Art and Cultural Park.

All together they take a tour in Sazova  Science ,Art and Cultural Park.Technobird can’t believe what it sees.It becomes fascinated by the view of the park.One by one students give information about the park.

Sazova Park in other saying Sazova Science, Art and Cultural Park  is a beautiful park which is located in Sazova, Eskişehir.It’s the largest park in Eskişehir. Sazova park being a part of general contemporary design of Eskisehir is like a small theme park of a similar monstreous samples in America. It’s a family-friendly paradise  with fresh air and rolling lawns. Especially  families with children  can spend enjoyable time in Sazova.

The Park has a pond, a copy of Columbus’ ship Santa Maria, a new fairy-tale castle, science center, space house, amphitheater, playgrounds, leisure areas and restaurants.. You’ll also find a planetarium, aquarium and zoo here, and  mushroom playhouse, huge dinosaur slides, plentiful picnic sites, tea gardens and ice cream stands. You can take nice pictures in these places. The park has a train which is free to ride in a big circle around the area.

Fairytale Castle which was opened on March 9, 2014 takes  great interest by visitors. Castle`s architecture is very similar to Disneyland Paris . Fairytale Castle, whose optic and robotic themes of Dede Korkut, Nasrettin Hoca and Keloglan are provided by the Sabanci Foundation upon the conditional donation of Cimsa, has 26 towers, the highest being 50 metres in height. It consists of different areas like three dimensional animations of legendary characters, optic light representations and special living areas.Fairytale Castle is first of its kind in Turkey in bringing together the legendary characters and objects with the aim of contributing to the enrichment of children’s imagination.

Children who have the possibility of living through the stories they read on books with the company of guides in Fairytale Castle can also listen to the stories of Dede Korkut, Nasrettin Hoca and Keloglan narrated by themselves.

Sabancı Planetarium

Launched in 4th April 2012, Sabancı Planetarium has been built on a space of 2,751 square meters inside the Eskişehir Science Arts and Culture Park.The technical infrastructure for the planetarium has been provided by the Sabanci Foundation upon the conditional donation of Cimsa. Designed as a full dome of 180° x 360° with an inner diameter of 14 meter, it carries a capacity for 96 visitors.

In addition to being the largest planetarium in Turkey with state-of-the-art technology, the Planetarium also boasts qualities that match its peers around the globe.

Hosting interactive presentations and shows, Sabanci Planetarium holds two separate high-resolution projectors equipped with fish-eye lens that yield 16 mega pixel images. The shows take place in the 360° full-dome which is based on scientific observations, data and models, offering spectators the experience of a live journey to the universe, galaxies, stars, earth and the planets.

Another structure which attracts most of the children is the Pirate Ship which exactly in the same dimensions  of a real ship. A Pirate Ship known as May flower`s  which access the atlantic ocean  has a similar design to one in Sazova park.You can have a trip at the Galleon (Pirate Ship) which has great importance in the maritime history after traveling the largest park of Eskisehir which expands the imaginary and horizons of children. You can learn that the U.S.A. has been discovered with such a ship (SANTA MARIA). Besides all these attractions waterpark is very suitable for various types of water sports .

You can also see  big sharks and many kinds of fish in Underwater  World. At zoo you can visit the Botanic Garden and many cute animals.

Being very happy to see and learn about all these beauties,Technobird leaves for another visit.

Now, technobird is in the Wax Museum with Ahmet Sezer Secondary School students. Hey, technobird! Follow us, there are too many to visit here. They start visiting from our great leader, Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK. We are proud of our football team of our city. Although the inner area is not so big, you can see dozens of wax statues of the famous people from all over the World, Ottoman sultans, Atatürk, the most important leaders of Turkish Independence War, artists, musicians, writers, scientists, politicians and sports people etc.

If you’re interested in movies, you know Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt bu what about Nükhet Duru? But we are sure you know Albert Einstein. Aşık Veysel is the greatest folk musician. Do you know Princess Diana? She had a really war hearted woman who loved children. Vecihi Hürkuş is the first pilot and engineer in World War I. If you want to see more, come and see wax museum.

It’s our trip time. We are going to see Şelale Park as 1. Hava İkmal Bakım Merkezi Primary School e-Twinning Project team. While we are walking to the bus, we realise a bird watching us. We understand that it is Technobird which we heard from our Project partners. We are very happy to see it and invite to our trip. It accepts and our trip starts. Our first stop is Şelale Park. It’s builded in 2009 as a park by Odunpazarı municipality. It has a wonderful

Eskişehir sight. Also there are children playing areas, sport areas, walking ways, a wooden windmill, mini theatre and a waterfall which is the biggest in Eskişehir. Technobird is so surprised because it sees a waterfall fort he first time. Then we eat Balaban Meatball. It’s one of the most famous food here. It’s a square meatball which serviced with yoghurt, sauce and flat bread. Tecknobird likes it very much and eats two portion. It’s very hungry because it comes from far away.

Then  our next stop is Kurtuluş Museum. İsmet Pasha stays in   Mestanoğlu Halil Mansion during İnönü Wars. For that reason,  this building transformed to “Eskişehir Kurtuluş Museum” .It opens its doors in 2016 as a museum. It’s entrance is for children. And there are cartoons for children which tells our independence and Lozan agreement.  We watch these cartoons. Technobird is very affected.  And we go second floor. There are demonstration room, caricature room, newspapers room , strategy room  and photograpy room. Also there is a selfie room for taking photos for visitors. They choose background photo for themselves and take their photos. We take photos with technobird there.

In newspapers room there are newspapers that belong to 1919-1923 years. News are about war’s strategical, economical and social effects on people. In strategy room, there are animations that tells the wars begins with Greek attacks. In demonstration room  there are visuals that tells the war chronogically .They are very  useful and suitable for all the age group of students. In caricature room there are a lot of caricatures belong to that years demonstrate point of view of humor magazines.Technobird says it is very didactive trip for it and us. It  thanked us for these unforgettable memories and flies to other adventures with project partners.

Technobird’s Eskişehir trip is over now. It leaves the city happily and continues its visit for exploring Turkey’s cultural heritage in other beautiful cities

14. TECHNOBIRD IS IN KÜTAHYA

14.1. Gülşah TANIK- Atatürk Primary School

TECHNOBIRD is in Hisarcık/KÜTAHYA. Sky is nice and blue. Teachnobird likes flying in a sunny weather. Technobird flies and flies. Oh,no! What’s that? The weather is stormy now. There is a strong wind. It is hard to fly for Technobird right now. Oh, gosh! The weather is foggy now. It can’t see anything. At that moment, it hits a plane because it doesn’t see anything. Then, it starts to fall down and now it is on the ground… In Kütahya, there is a place called Hisarcık. Atatürk Primary School is in this small town. There are 28 4th grade students in the Better Together Project Team. They are in their English Classroom now because they are playing Cram in the class. They love using the computer because they learned a lot about the web 2.0 tools this year and they think they are fun. While they are playing Cram, they hear a noise. They run to the garden and find a bird there. But that bird is different a little bit. İt is a bird but it looks like a robot. They are worried about Technobird because its eyes are closed. Is it dead? Nooooo… It opens its eyes and tries to speak. It says its name : “Hi, my name is Technobird. I’m a member of the Better Together Team. Who are you?”. The students say “Hi, Technobird. Nice to meet you. We’re the members of Better Together Team, too. Welcome to Hisarcık,Kütahya!”. One of the students says “Are you Ok?”. “No,I’m not” says the bird. The students ask “What’s the matter with you?”. “I think I hurt my wings because the sky is stormy and foggy.” Şeyma says “Hey, I’ve got an idea. Let’s take Technobird to Esire Turkish Baths. We can treat its wings there.” Hisarcık and Emet are famous for its therapeutic Turkish Baths. They take Technobird and go to Baths together. There are baths and pools. They enjoy the hot water and swim. Technobird feels well now. Then, the students take it to their homes. At Ayşenaz’s house, they eat “Ekşi Tarhana” together. When you are ill, “Ekşi Tarhana” helps you to get better soon. It is made of cornelian cherry. Technobird is very energetic now. Then, they go to Kübra’s house and they eat “Oğlak Kebabı (Goat Kebab)”. In Hisarcık, people cook the goat meat in Stone ovens for long hours. Then, they go to Nisanur’s house. She is from Tavşanlı. She serves “Leblebi”(Roasted Chickpeas) and “Dombey Kaymağı”(Water Buffalo Cream). Technobird says “Thank you all for all of the delisious meals. But I can’t eat anymore because I’m full.” After they eat their meals, they want to show different places. They take Technobird to Emet. Emet is famous for Boron Mines. Boron is a valuable mine. It is used for almost anything from detergent to medicine, from glass to construction. Technobird sees the facilities and likes them. Then, They take it to Eğrigöz Kalesi (Eğrigöz Castle)”. Eğrigöz Castle isn’t well-known but Technobird likes its story. An Irish writer claims that Vlad Dracula stayed in that castle. Mehmet the Conqueror sent him there as a prisoner but he escaped from there. After Emet, they go to Dumlupınar. Dumlupınar is a small town of Kütahya. It is small but important because there is a martyrdom. There lie the soldiers who fought for their country in Turkish War of Independence. The students and Technobird pray for them. The students say “It is Summer now. If you visit us again in Winter, we can go Mount Murat. In Winter, we can play snowball and ski there. Technobird feels happy and very good now. The hot water and the delicious meals make it better. Its wings are really strong. It says “Thank you for everything.I love you very much. But I must go now”. The students are sad. They say “Come and visit us again. Remember, we’re in the same team. We’re Better Together.” Technobird smiles and flies away….

15. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ANTALYA

15.1. Hicran TÜRKAN-İsmail Erol Secondary School

15.2. Emine Ayaz ŞAHİN-Yüzbaşı Ertuğrul Primary School

Technobird works very hard all the year round so it thinks that it deserves a holiday.It opens the Turkish map and decides to go on a holiday in Antalya.

First,it flies to Konyaaltı Beach.Konyaaltı Beach is a popular tourist attraction in Antalya.This place is always very crowded.While swimming,it meets Emine Teacher and her lovely students.They swim and sunbathe all day long.Then they go to cultural places like Perga and Olympus Ancient Sites and Chimera (Yanartaş) . Chimera is a geographical feature near the Olympus Valley and national park.There are stones that burn continuously.Technobird looks at the landscape and beach from this hill.

Next day,it gets back to downtown,does shopping for it’s family,takes a walk in ‘Kaleiçi’ and meets some tourists here.Then it joins a yacht tour.It feels hungry because of the sea.He tastes shish-haricot bean salad.These are the most famous meals in Antalya.After eating it’s fill,he goes to Sandland in Lara.He sees different statues that made of sand.It likes them too

much.Technobird thinks that Antalya is the most beautiful city in Turkey.

Then he goes to Aquarium which has the biggest wild park,caves,deserts and tropic forests.It sees different animals here and buys souvenirs for it’s  family.

Last day of the holiday,it goes to Düden and Kurşunlu Waterfalls.It lets itself go into cold water because of the hot weather.

Before leaving,Technobird wants to visit and meet Better Together family in Finike.Hicran Teacher and her lovely students wait for Technobird in a cafe.They eat ice cream together.In Antalya,’burned ice cream’ is very famous.It is produced in Korkuteli.Korkuteli is another county of Antalya.Technobird says:’ If you come to Antalya,you must definitely taste it because it is very delicious.’Then it tastes Finike’s famous oranges.It picks up a sack of oranges for it’s babies.

Technobird takes photo with Better Together family.They have good times together so they are all happy.Finally Technobird leaves Antalya to get back home.

16. TECHNOBIRD IS IN MERSİN

16.1. Emine HALICI- Kocavilayet Secondary School

16.2. Aylin LEVENTOĞLU- Nejdet Ülger Primary School

16.3. Zeynep Şakar ŞAHİNOĞULLARI- 50.Yıl Gökçeller Primary School

16.1. Emine HALICI- Kocavilayet Secondary School

Technobird is a very smart and lovely bird. While Technobird is flying from one city to another over Turkey, it decides to come to Mersin. When it looks below, it sees some of the students in etwinning team in Kocavilayet Secondary School. Students are surprised when the technobird lands on Mersin. Mersin is in the South of Turkey.There is in the Mediterrenean sea. There are lots of beautiful beaches, castles and structures from old civilizations. In summer the weather is very hot .You can swim the beautıful beaches.

We talk about Mersin and ıts beauty,delicious food.After conversation with Technobird, we start to visit the beauties of Mersin.First we start from Kız Kalesi ( Maiden Castle ) Let’s discover the Mersin

The Maiden Castle is in the Erdemli province, it is 800-1000 m. away from the remains of the Mediterranean Sea. It is an Island. Corcyus, which is established during the 4th century B.C. by the Hellens, and expand during the Roman and Byzantine Periods, is an important barbour during the 8th century. The castle prevents all attacks from the Sea. It contains remains of a church.

Students tell the story of Maiden Castle and technobird is very curious

Once upan a time there was a king in this region who loved his daughter very much. According to the myth, one fortune teller said the king that his daughter would be killed by a snakebite. The king built a castle within the sea to protect his daughter .Time passed and the girl grew up in the castle. But the snake came out in the fruit basket and killed by its bite. These events lead the castle in the sea to be called as Maiden Castle

At the end of our trip Tecnobird is very hungry. Famous meals are Tantuni, Fish ,Şalgam. Cezerya is the famous dessert . Technobird eats the delicious meals.

Technobird buys some gifts and takes lots of photographs there. Technobird’s Mersin trip is over now It’s glad to meet us and leaves the city with lots of beautiful memories.

16.2. Aylin LEVENTOĞLU- Nejdet Ülger Primary School

Wowww,what a wonderful bird it is!!Let’s make it fly over our beautiful city.There are amazing caves in Mersin.

First cave is the Heaven cave. There are 288 steps  to the cave.It is getting colder as you get closer to the cave. In the cool, damp atmosphere of the cave mouth, the rough stone steps can be slippery. Walk with care! If you are injured, your mobile phone probably won’t work in the cave, and it will take time for help to arrive.

Second cave is the hell. 100 meters uphill from Heaven, is a smaller depression with steeper sides, 30 meters in diameter and 120 meters deep. Luckily, its walls are too steep to allow access, so you can’t descend into it (in other words, you can’t Go To Hell).

Third cave is Asthma cave. It is located about 350 m southeast of Cennet Sinkhole. Examples of stalactites, stalagmites and many other cave structures are found in this 200-m-long cave, which has formed in thousand of years. It is believed that the air inside the cave is good for asthmatics. The cave was given the name “Wishing Cave” as people tied  small clothes to make wishes on the trees around the cave.

Fourth cave is Gilindire cave. Discovered by sepherd 10 years ago , cave length 555 mtr long and contains wonderfull stalatice structures and bats and Mediterenian monk seals.

The technobird is too tired.Let’s make it have a rest for a while before flying away to another city….

16.3. Zeynep Şakar ŞAHİNOĞULLARI- 50.Yıl Gökçeller Primary School

While flying over the Mediterranean Sea;Technobird sees a beautiful city near seaside.Then it decides to visit there.

It descends and flies over the city.Then he hears the children’s voices and smells delicious food scents.It lands right there.There are stands with various kinds of food in school garden.And a child sees and comes near it.He says:’Hello!Who are you?’.Technobird answers ‘Hi.I’m Technobird.I’m travelling from one city to another .I see there and want to learn more about this city.’Student says:’I’m Çınar.and this is 50.Yıl Gökçeller Primary School.Today we have an activity about Mersin’s delicious foods.Çınar offers to visit the stands and tastes food together.Technobird accepts his offer.

There is CEZERYE on first table.Çınar says:’This is Cezerye .It is made of carrot,sugar,peanut,walnut or hazelnut.It is one of the famous dessert in Mersin.Technobird tastes and says’I like it.It is delicious.

Then It sees KEREBİÇ and asks What is this?Miray;stand attendant;says KEREBİÇ is one of the famous desserts in MERSİN,People eat it especially in Ramadan Month.Moreover it is served with special foam made from roots of a plant’ÇÖVEN’Technobird tastes and like it.

Technobird smells TANTUNİ and passes the third stand immediately.Ömer says This is Tantuni.It is one of the famous foods in MERSİN.It is made of meat and it is delicious.

There are KISIR and BATIRIK on fourth table.Buse tells that They are made of Bulgur and they are nutritious.

There are oranges,bananas,apricots,plums and grapes on the table.Technobird tastes them and says MERSİN has very delicious foods.Ilike all of them.It says GOODBYE and flies to another city.

17. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ADANA

17.1. Sultan Bostancı KARAKOÇ- Vehbi Necip Savaşan Primary School

 17.2. Meral SOY YAĞCI – Atatürk Secondary School

17.3. Sema TERCANLI- DSİ Baraj Secondary School

17.1. Sultan Bostancı KARAKOÇ- Vehbi Necip Savaşan Primary School

One child from Better Together  creates enjoyable cram studies Technobird looks at the child because it hears a music .This music is Çiftetelli .It is a folk dance music of Adana.It is very amusing.Augmented reality becomes real then sweet technobird comes in the child’s room the child is surprised,opens and closes his eyes but technobird talks and says ‘I like this dance and music,what is this?’The child answers and says it is our folk dance let’s dance.And  the child gives a handkerchief  shows how it can move.One two three   to right one two three to left and so on…Then the child explains the folk dance names .They areArap halayı,Dipçik,Eşbulma,Horosan mengisi,Karaçon,Sinsin,Acem halayı,Üç ayak,Alay oyunu,Ceyhan Garibi,Yağlı kenar,Topal,Lorke, Temurağa, Tamzara, Hoşbilezik,Adanalı etc.The meaning of Çiftetelli comes from two stringed instrument.Today, this  instrument is widespread used in the Balkans.

Adana ‘ Çiftelli’ hasn’t specific and evident variant but it is influenced by the İstanbul  ‘Çiftetelli’ and the Arabic  Çiftetelli coming from Araps.It is a local play.But it is influenced by the Arabic and İstanbul Çiftetelli.The severe tongue-lashing tradition comes from Araps .Besides these,the tradition coming from the proffession of a’ KÖÇEK’( a man dancing in woman’s garb) and not seen or done in a play in this local.There are such motions; shaking shoulders ,shaking hips and cracking.

INSTRUMENT

As it is played Drum and Zurna (a reed instrument resembling an oboe)It is also played with musical instruments such as bağlama ,(a plucked instrument with three double strings and a long neck)and  violin

CLOTHES

The clothes that we define folk dances clothes and that we meet in fact only in folk  dances displays ; the past time that is not far from now; the people’s living ;in located prints that have adopted traditional life style daily clothes that is used in ceromonies aren’t  the are  that is new and and clear.

Technobird listens and looks all the things and tehn flies another city to show this dance.The child opens his eyes and looks at the technobird on the  computer screen .He tries to understand whether it is real or an imagine.He does not decideit but thechnobird blinks on the etwinning tree…

 17.2. Meral SOY YAĞCI – Atatürk Secondary School

Technobird which is tired because of very hot weather in Adana, decides to go on his travelling by train. During his travelling,the train stops at Hacıkırı Train Station. The railway in there is on the historical bridge called VARDA BRIDGE. Varda Bridge is in Karaisalı which is a province of Adana. The railway bridge is near to Hacikırı Village .It was made in 1903 by Germans.So people also call it German Bridge. Varda Bridge is the railway bridge between Bağdat and Hicaz.Varda Bridge becomes famous because .JAMES BOND who is the character of SKYFALL, acts on it. It is an action movie. Aproximately six trains travel on the Varda Bridge in a day. Technobird admires The Historical Varda Bridge. In Hacıkırı Village ,near the Varda there are some cotteges in which women make traditional food. Technobird is hungry and it eats Sıkma and drinks ayran. It is the most traditional food in Karaisalı.Technobird decides to see other natural and historical places in Karaisalı

After Technobird has rest and eats something ,it hears something about YERKÖPRÜ. It is 53 km to Adana City Centre. The center of Karaisalı district is 13 Km. It can be reached by asphalt road. It has been named Yerköprü because of the places where the water of the jet was submerged and surfaced again. The promenade here is a junction of Kapuz and Belemedik Canyons. Canyon walk is the starting point. In 2005, 2210 M2 area was established on the edge of Çakıt rivers. Technobird gets tired and decides to rest.At YERKÖPRÜ ,there are a lot of picnic areas. Technobird drinks traditional tea called MURT TEA. Murt likes raspberry.

Technobird goes on travelling .Now ,Technobird is at the KAPIKAYA CANYON. Kapikaya Canyon is a great place to have a good weekend, 5 kilometers from the county center. The 20-kilometer-long canyon has been turned into a 7-kilometer walk. The canyon is surrounded by oleander, plane trees and pine trees. The mountain we are guessing about is a magnificent image. The Karaisalı Municipality connected the Kapikaya Canyon hiking trail with a 16-meter bridge. Those who start to walk from the Yerköprü picnic without sinking, jumping, jumping, can reach  Kapikaya Canyon in a magnificent landscape. A resting area for nature lovers was created in Kapikaya Canyon. In the middle of the canyon was a wooden building facing the waterfall. The building is prepared considering the needs of the guests. For safety reasons, four hundred yards of safety guard rails were built into the canyon so that nature lovers could not fall into the cliff while walking. The road narrowed in some sections of the canyon was expanded without damaging the natural structure. The three-four-meter bridge made walking safer and easier.

Technobird which is hungry ,goes Karapınar Park. Our Karapınar park is a spacious environment with greenery where you can have a pleasant time with your family.It is the fouth largest park area in Adana. People have great times with theır families at the weekends.Technobird has breakfast there.

Then Technobird hears about DOKUZOLUK. The name Dokuzoluk, which takes its name from the waters  flowing  in  nine  separate  grooves,  is  especially  filled  with  weekends.  Those  who  prefer Dokuzoluk by escaping from the overwhelming temperatures these days are getting cooler by entering the water which is formed in the deep valley on the Amusement River.Dokuzoluk Recreation Area, located 27 kilometers from the town center, has picnic tables and barbecue places.Technobird goes there for both getting cool and swimmming.

Finally, Technobird flies to KIZILDAĞ(RED MOUNTAIN). It eats sausage-bread there .Kızıldağ has fresh and cool weather. It is 27 km from the Karaiseli District, which is named after Kızıldağ. asphalt road is reached. There are rural huts, rural restaurants, groceries, bakeries and butchers on the plateau, which is popular with the people of Karaisalı District. Trekking to Kızıldağ can be done by camping on the plateau with apple, pear,cherry and walnut trees. Also in winter people goes Kızıldağ and play snowball. They make snowman.At the weekends Kızıldağ is very crowded.If you live in Adana and want to see snow in winter,you must come and have great times there.

Technobird  which  has  excellent  two  days,  takes  traditional  pepper  paste  and  flies  to  new

adventures.

PREPARED BY:

ADANA KARAİSALI ATATÜRK SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH

17.3. Sema TERCANLI- DSİ Baraj Secondary School

While technobird was flying over Turkey,ıt decided to come to Adana.It heard a lot of things about Adana.While Sema teacher was drinking tea in the garden,she saw Technobird.She was suprised because She had heard this bird from Nida and Aylin teacher.They started to talk about Adana and ıts beauty,delicious food.After conversation with Technobird,they started to visit the beauties of Adana.First they started from TAŞKÖPRÜ.(STONE BRİDGE) It is over the Seyhan River.It is an important bridge between Europe and Asia for centruies.Harun al-Reşid connected it to Adaha Castle with some additions.At the beginning of the 9 th century,it was made repaired By Memun,who was Harun al-Rashid’s son .It was also repaired by Ahmed II ,Kel Hasan Paşa and the Governor of Adana Province Ziya Pasha at different times.It is 319 m in length and 13 m in height.It is the oldest bridge of the World which is still in use.After seeing STONE BRİDGE ,They went to THE GRAND CLOCK-TOWER(BÜYÜK SAAT KULESİ).Sema teacher started to tell this tower.It is located on the Street of Ali Münif.Its construction was started by Governor Ziya Pasha in 1881.The Governor Abidin Pasha had completed in 1882.The tower was built with the shaped Stones.After they went to Adana Museum Complex.It was established in 1924 soon after proclamation of Republic,because Adana,which has hosted many civilizationss in the fertile plains in the historical process,has a rich history and cultural heritage.The museum was opened as a regional museum;therefore it is one of the ten oldest museums of Turkey.Technobird wondered The ATATÜRK MUSEUM OF SCİENCE AND CULTURE.Sema teacher told something about this museum.This building is one of the traditional houses of Adana which were built in the 19th century on the Seyhan Street.Atatürk stayed here with his wife Latife Hanım during his visit on 15th March,1923.It was converted into a museum in 1981.It wanted to see TEPEBAĞ HOUSES.Although many of Old Adana houses were collapsed,some of them have still been standing.These houses are the synthesis of general characteristics which can be seen in the plans of Turkish houses and special characteristics of the Mediterranean Region.Houses’ eaves are large ,facades are corbelled and oriel windowed,Windows are rectangular and louvered and doors are arched.Tepebağ is the oldest district of Adana.After that Sema teacher told something about Culture and Art.Adana is cradle of civilization and cultures.That’s why a rich culture has been formed.As a result of this culture,many worlwide famous artists come out from this region. Tecnobird was very hungry.Sema teacher told about Adana Dıshes,espacially Adana KebapAdana has a rich cuisine,the reason of the richness is that is has been under the influence of various cultures and that they have combined these tastes with their own dishes.Adana dishes are Adana Kebap,Yüksük Çorbası,İçli köfte and drinks are Şalgam and aşlama (meyankökü).Famous desserts are Taşkadayıf,Karakuş,bicibici They decided to eat Adana Kebap.They went to Kazancılar.It loved Adana Kebap and Şalgam.Technobird was very happy to meet Sema teacher..It was time to go.Saying goodbye to Sema teacher, It thanked to her.

18. TECHNOBIRD IS IN HATAY

18.1. Semiha KILIÇ- Bedii Sabuncu Secondary School

Technobird has some relatives from Hatay.He has never been to Hatay before so he decides to visit all his relatives and see Hatay.He starts to learn everything about this beautiful city.His relatives live in the garden of  Bedii Sabuncu Secondary School so they give some information about the location.

Technobird learns that Hatay is the south part of  Turkey. It is an border city which takes place  between the gulf of  İskenderun, Adana, Osmaniye,Gaziantep and Syria. The center of Hatay is Antakya.Hatay has a very big agricultural area on Amik plain.

Hatay is known as the center of social and religious toleration and most original cities of Mediterranean Culture. Hatay is rich about tourism because it protects its own multi- cultural structure through the history. Hatay has an Archeology Museum which has the second biggest

mosaic collectionin the World.When technobird sees this museum he admires it. Samandağ Beach is the second longest beach in the world which is 14 km.Technobird flies over the beach and sees the wonderful view.Itvisits the St.Pierre Church.He  learns that this church is very important for Christianity

He also sees Harbiye waterfalls  and hears  the legend  of Apollo and Daphne.He buysthe famous daphne soap.Technobird wants to  eat somethingelse so he eats famous dessert of Hatay,Künefe. It  is made of tel kadayıf cheese and sherbet.Then he flies over the hill of Habibi Neccar Mountain to see the panoromic view of Antakya.After seeing this fabulous scene he visits the Habibi Neccar Mosque.He learns the event of Habibi Neccar which is mentioned in the Koran.

They go to Samandağ to see Titus Tunnel.This tunnel is 1.4km.Today it is dry but It is very nice to walk along and through the rock.Technobird  is amazed when he sees this extraordinary Roman engineeing.Technobird seesBeşikli Cave because ıt  is very close to Titus Tunnel. In cave, there are many graves date back to  hellenistic period.

After this historical trip they go to Hıdırbey to see Musa tree. This tree history is based on miracle.  When prophet Musa and prophet Hızır move towards to mountain. They feel tired and have rest in under the tree. Prophet Musa forgets his baton while drinking water and they continue to walk.
When they come from mountain, they see that baton turns green and becomes a bush.
There is a belief this buttonwood is about 2000-3000 years.

Technobird is very tired and hungry so they go to Grand Bazar to eat delicious dıshes of Hatay.Technobird also eats humus,tepsi kebab,kağıt kebab,arab kebab and oruk there.Then he sees the old streets and houses of Antakya and buys some souvenirsfor his friends.Hatay makes techno amazed by its history and culture.He decides to come back there again.He thanks for this great trip and flew for the new adventures.

19. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ISPARTA

19.1. Şerife ŞENGÜN- Mustafa Şener Primary School

While I am walking around in the main Street of Isparta, suddenly I hear a noise.It is a bird, Technobird.It is a very smart and technologic bird. It travels around the Turkey Now, it is in Isparta. When I see it, I am very excited. I say hello to it.It looks a bit tired and hungry. It wants to eat Kabune, which is a kind of famous rice in Isparta. After eating break it wants to make a city tour. I and some of my students are eager to guide it. We start sightseeing across Eğirdir Lake.. Technobird learns that Eğirdir Lake is the third biggest lake in Turkey. It is a wonderfull lake.We have a bout tour there. Technobird sees a lot of historical places around the lake.Then it flies over the beautiful rose gardens of Isparta.The rose gardens look wonderfull and the smell of the roses awesome.Then it sees the awesome lavender fields in Kuyucak village. Technobird feels very happy. We take alot of wondeful pictures there.

Technobird enjoys the sightseeing tour in Isparta.It visits Kızıldağ National Park and Zindan Cave. Kızıldağ National Park is full of giant trees.We get alotof o
oxygen there.Zindan Cave is a bit frightening but Technobird is so brave, it doesn’t get frightened.Then we visit Sagalasos antique city. There are some historical buildings and ancient ruins there. Technobird is fascinated by this city. We also take a tour of Gökçay, Gölcük and Ayazmana picnic areas. Technobird wants to buy some gifts for its family so we take it to the bazaar of Isparta. It buys some souveniers and Turkish delight with rose. It’s glad to be in Isparta and leaves the city with lots of beautiful memories. And we are also so happy to see Technobird in Isparta.

20. TECHNOBIRD IS IN KONYA

20.1. Aslı SORUÇ- Kemal Hatipoğlu Prımary School

20.2. Ahsen MUTLU- Şehit Hamdi Karagöz Secondary School

20.3. Şerife BAYKAL DAL- Adnan Hadiye Sürmegöz Secondary School

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.

At last they come to the Meke Crater Lake. It is located in Karapınar, in Konya. It is circle shaped like an island located at the middle of the lake which is called Meke. At the top of the hill that is made of volcano remainings. All the surroundings of the hill is covered by dark ashes. It is not deeper than 12 metres. The lake’s salty water is mixed with magnesium and sodium sulfate and it is coming out from the Earth.

Technobird is very happy to see these lakes and to meet its friends. The students are also very happy to meet Technobird. They all thanked to their tecahers . The students and Technobird love each other very much.

And it is time to leave for Technobird.  It flies away and the students come back to their school.

20.2. Ahsen MUTLU- Şehit Hamdi Karagöz Secondary School

TechnoBird can be a technological bird, but it is really interested in history. While flying near the ground, it hears that there is a historical city called Konya. It wants to see this city and see the history since 11th century.

One day it starts flying thorough the air. It will not be difficult to reach to Konya, because Konya is located in a lowland, the southern part of the Middle Anatolian Region. There is no need to fight against huge mountains etc. When it arrives at Konya, TechnoBird is fascinated by this peaceful and quiet city. There is no crowded roads and streets. It has seen so many cities so far, but it thinks to itself that Konya is one of the most livable city in Turkiye.

While flying over Konya, it sees some historical ruins around the city centre. It decides to descend slowly on the Alâeddin Hill. Finally it lands on the top of the Alâeddin Mosque. It starts waiting to learn the history of this mosque. Luckily a tourist group is coming to the point where TechnoBird waits, and the guide starts mentioning about the Alâeddin Mosque. It learns that the Alâeddin Mosque is the great masterpiece of Seljuk Period and the oldest and biggest mosque in Konya. It was built in the rule of Sultan Aladdin Keykubat. It also wants to see inside of the mosque. When there is no one around, the bird quickly comes in. The mysterious atmosphere grasps TechnoBird. It starts looking at the beautiful  and mysterious architecture. At that time someone notices TechnoBird, so it has to leave the mosque.

Being sad, TechnoBird starts flying again. After a while it sees a crowded place. It wants to see where it is. It lands on near a group of people and starts listening to them. TechnoBird hears a word which it knows before. It is;

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter.

Ours is not a caravan of despair.

come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.

Come, yet again , come , come.

TechnoBird is surprised and cannot believe it is in the place of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. It, of course, wants to visit the mausoleum of this Muslim wise. Now it becomes more fearless, and it decides to go into the tomb. When it is inside, it sees that there are many tombs of blessed men. TechnoBird thinks the atmosphere is beautiful and mystic. It hides behind a column, and it starts praying for all technological birds. However, it never forgets human beings. It quietly says

‘I wish a peaceful world for everyone.’

Being peaceful, TechnoBird decides to leave Konya. While flying outside of the Konya, it comes across many cheerful students. TechnoBird is now in the garden of Şehit Hamdi Karagöz Secondary School. It stops and wants to watch them. The students are playing Cram game on the smart board during the English lesson. They are so happy. Then they go outside and start playing Tarsia. At the end they all say

‘We love English!’

20.3. Şerife BAYKAL DAL- Adnan Hadiye Sürmegöz Secondary School

Zeynep Ece and  Başak Ada are students in the best  secondary school of Konya-Adnan Hadiye Surmegoz Secondary School.

They are on a school trip in Çatalhoyuk.Zeynep Ece is looking at the sky.Her best friend Basak Ada asks:

“What are you doing,Ece? Who are you waiting for?”

Then  suddenly,they hear a  voice and look at the sky.Ece is so happy and she is smiling.She says“ It is coming”

Basak is surprised and afraid when she sees the bird in the sky but it is so beautiful and amazing. Ece says :“I am waiting for you, Technobird.Our English Teacher Serife Baykal Dal tells us your stories.I want to meet you so much and you hear my heart’s voice.Now, you are here.I am Zeynep and she is my friend  Basak”

Technobird answers: “Nice to meet you.I heard your wish.What do you want me to do for you?”

Ece and Basak want to introduce the their city  to the Technobird so the Techobird  can  tell the people around the world  Konya’s historical places and their stories.

Technobird asks with wonder: “Where are we now in?Let’s start.I am sure I will be so happy at the end of this journey.

Ece starts to tell “ Here is Catalhoyuk. When you can take photos,I will give you information about Catalhoyuk.This place is World’s Oldest Site.It is established around 7500 B.C.We might see Catalhoyuk as a site whose history is about one of man’s most important transformations:from nomad to settler.Art- both painting and sculpture- was playing important role in the lives settled people.”

Basak adds “Konya has a lot of historical places.”

Technobird starts to flap his wings and a magical door opens. “That time,let’s fly there.Where will we go?

Children say ‘Takkeli Dağ’ because  it is highest mountain of Konya and Technobird can see all the city’ landscape from there.

Technobird “What a large and beautiful city. You are so lucky to live here.”

Basak  points at “Technobird, look at there!” and adds “There is ‘Sille’. It is my hometown. Sille is on the historic King Road, Silk Road and Pilgrims Road to Jerusalem (Kudüs).You can see mosques and the churches together. There are the Hagia Heleni Church,Milk Church, 7 Cave churches and there are also ancient rock dwellings , a  Greek water bridge,and traditional houses.”

Technobird  says “And it has a beautiful dam lake.It is so nice.”

Basak continues ‘Sille’ is  a Rum(Greek) word and it means ‘It belongs to Rome’ In Sille, Greeks and Muslims lived together in the brotherhood.”

Technobirds surprises “How  a tolerant and insightful society”

Ece remembers “We have Mevlana’(Mawlana)understanding.Do you know  Mevlana?

The Technobird answered “Of course I know him.He is a the great Anatolian Mystic, poet and the father of the Mevlevi order”

Ece and Basak adds “we are going to Mevlana Museum…”

Technobird flaps his wings and the place changes, now they are in the Mevlana Museum.

Technobird is impressed with how holly place this is.

Basak starts to tell “It is famous for Mevlana Mausoleum.This magnificent structure also includes many sections such as outdoors, Dervish Cells, Kitchen, Yard, Mosque, Library, Chant Room, Water-tank with a fountain, Semahane and Çerag Door”

Mevlana Museum grabs them with its mystic and fantastic atmosphere.

Ece suddenly tells the Technobird “I know it is coming the time to go.Wherever you go, I want you to tell the Mevlana’s seven pieces of  advice to people who you meet as a gift from us.

1. In generosity and helping others: be like the river
2. In compassion and grace: be like the sun.
3. In concealing others’ faults: be like the night.
4. In anger and fury: be like the dead.
5. In modesty and humility: be like the soil.
6. In tolerance: be like the ocean.
7. Either you appear as you are, or: be as you appear

The Technobird says “Of course, I love your idea..It time to go..Nice to meet you.”

Ece and Basak have some tears in their eyes.They say “ Come again,please.Nice to meet you,too”

The Technobird suddenly dissappears.

Ece and Basak feel like they wake up from a beautiful dream.

21. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ÇORUM

21.1. Funda APARANGIL- Mehmet Akif Ersoy Secondary School

While we are preparing our own online games on learningapps.com,we hear a voice from the class’ window.HORAY !! That is the Technobird.It is here ,It says it wants to see us and Osmancık ,too.Osmancık is a city of Çorum.My students welcome him.

First of all,we show our school and what we do  for our Project Better Together.Then ,we started to walk to KANDIBER CASTLE because Osmancık is a small city and you can walk whereever you want in a city.After  that  we see the KIZIL  IRMAK ( RED RIVER ) is the longest  river entirely within Turkey.Meanwhile ,he sees the bridge and asks about it.KOYUNBABA BRIDGE is a stone arch bridge crossing the Kızıl River in Omsancık was built during the time of Beyazıt the second.

While we are talking about them,we drink tea done with samovar and we ate chickpeas.Çorum is famous for chickpea.Technobird says  it is delicious.And we talk about  rice field,It is a great view in water.My students say Osmancık is famous for rice and they will eat rice at dinner.Having dinner ,he leaves the city.We have great time together

22. TECHNOBIRD IS IN NEVŞEHİR

22.1. Esra KÜÇÜKGÖK- Alacaşar Religious Secondary School

While our eTwinning bird ‘Technobird ‘ is flying over the Central Anatolian Region , it sees fairy chimneys and decides to visit us.It is fascinated by our city Nevşehir’s beauty and hurries to travel as fast as he can.My students and I make a travel plan for Technobird.First we start from our village Alacaşar and we welcome it in our school,tell about our history.Cappadocia is an area in Cental Anatolia and best known for its unique moon-like landscape,underground cities,cave churches and houses carved in rocks.The earliest appearance of name of Cappadocia dates from the 6th century.It has been called similar names in many other languages, one of them is Haspaduya (old Persian meaning ‘the land of beatiful horses’

The most visited attractions include underground cities of Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı,Göreme National Park ,Göreme Open-air Museum,Zelve Open-air Museum ,Red and Rose Valleys,Paşabağ,Uçhisar,Avanos,Ürgüp etc.After telling about attractions we decide to get on hot air balloon and see spectacular landscapes. This ride starts from very beginning of the day and you have to get up very early but it deserves it.As you begin this hot air balloon tour for sunrise you will start to hypnotised by spectacular beauties.You can see fairy chimneys,pigeon houses,orchards,vineyards etc.Among these attractions , Technobird wants to learn about Uçhisar Castle.It is the highest hill of Cappadocia and you can see a lot of places from there without getting on hot air balloon from its panoramic sights. There are many carved cubes, carved graves and large cisterns at the summit of the castle.The castle resembles a skyscraper with a structure of 50 meters from the south and 100 meters from the north.Technobird likes this castle very much.Another places which Technobird wants to see underground cities so we get off the hot air baloon,and go to the Derinkuyu. Built on a very wide area with an eight-storey structure, this city was founded and used by people who flee from the battles hundreds of years ago in this region. it has a mystical atmosphere and it attracts a lot of attentions.There are lots of beautiful places to see with Technobird but it is a bit tired so we decide to eat our famous dish TestiKebab.It is very delicious and make with lamb meat,tomatoes,garlic and onions.  After the meal Technobird says it loves our city very much and we love it,too.Another travels wait for Technobird, we are very glad to meet Technobird…

23. TECHNOBIRD IS IN TRABZON

23.1. Aynur KORKMAZ- Beşikdüzü High School

23.2. Neşe YAYLI- Yomra Central Secondary School

23.1. Aynur KORKMAZ- Beşikdüzü High School

It’s time for the birds’ migrate. Technobird first emigrates with its family. It is surprised to find his way to the south with its family and fly north. As Technobird continues to fly , it realizes that it come to Trabzon. It feels tired and decides to rest and goes down to Boztepe. At that time, the students of Beşikdüzü Anatolian High School language class, makea  picnic in Boztepe. When they play with the ball, it goes near to Technobird. A student who goes for the ball notices a bird and he calls his friends and teacher, Aynur Korkmaz.  Technobird tells them what’s going on and it adds that Boztepe is very beautiful. Boztepe is the place with the most beautiful view of Trabzon. Every year many tourists visit Boztepe. Boztepe, which is famous for its tea , has many souvenirs that symbolize the sunset inTrabzon. It gives people peace. You can get there by public transport. Technobird is influenced by what students say and it wants to see somewhere else. Meanwhile, it sees Atatürk Pavilion and wants to go there.

Technobird has come to Atatürk Pavilion with his new friends. Technobird impressed by this mansion wants to go in. His friends don’t turn him down. They find a guide and go in. When they are inside, the guide starts talking about the mansion. ”The mansion was built in 1913.It’s a four-story place. After Atatürk’s visit,the mansion was presented to Atatürk by Trabzon. Since Atatürk stayed in this mansion for two nights,the mansion is now called by his name.

After Atatürk’s death,Trabzon made this mansion a museum as Atatürk Pavilion.” Technobird who leaves the mansion feels hungry.The guide goes with them to taste the local food of Trabzon,cabbagesoup,cornbread,Akçaabat meatballs. Technobird who is very pleased with new friends and Trabzon leaves the city and turns its destination to Hagia Sophia.

23.2. Neşe YAYLI- Yomra Central Secondary School

That day we are all excited as our teacher Mrs.Yaylı and we are going to go to Hagia Sophia, the historical mosque of our city Trabzon.

When we nearly arrive there, we see a very cute bird that has many kinds of colours while we are looking at the surroundings attracted by the magnificent mosque. Its murmoring song is very cheerful. It glides near us by flopping its magical seeming wings. The bird is more interesting when it get closer. Then surprisingly, it starts talking with us:

-How beautiful this place is! My name is Technobird, I’m a curious traveller. Pleased to meet you all, well, I travel all around Turkey and enjoy knowing its cities better. I am here after the exploration of Boztepe and Atatürk Kiosk. Now, who can give me some information about this place? I can’t wait to hear about it.

One of my friends, Selin :

-The name of this mosque is Hagia Sophia. After Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquered Istanbul, it was turned into a museum, then a mosque in recent years. It has a very good architecture and attracts many tourists every year.

When we look at technobird, we realize that it is deeeply awestricken by our sayings.

-We come here for a school trip If you wish, accompany us to accquaint yourself with this beautiful mosque and mysterious Çal Cave.

-Of course, I would love to.

Then we go to Hagia Sophia Mosque. Technobird is impressed one more time. It uses the three entrances of the mosque with a great interest. It examines the pictures on the wall carefully.

The next stop after the mosque is Çal Cave. First Technobird looks around with fear because of the cave’s mystery and darkness then we begin to introduce the cave:

-The cave is known as the seond longest cave in the world. There is a small brook running inside of it. As you see, there is a castle above it.

We take many photos thanks to the camera on the leg of Technobird.

Technobird says that it is a bit hungry. We are too. We go to a restaurant that cooks traditional dish. We ate Kuymak, fried Anchovy, Hamsiköy baked rice pudding , Corn bread, Akçabaat Meatball, black cabbage soup, pilaf with anchovy. Technobird likes all the food but especially Akçaabat meatball.

When are satisfied enough Tehnobird said ‘ I hear about the fame of the Long Lake. Everyone says it is worth seeing. So, I want to see it too. Will you bring me there please? ‘

This is a great offer for us and accept it. Our English techer Neşe YAYLI and we start travelling to the Long Lake happily.

24. TECHNOBIRD IS IN GİRESUN

24.1. Eray KOCASAKAL- Kanuni Secondary School

One day, Technobird was bored and decided to take a sightseeing tour over TURKEY.While It was flying from city to city,It came to Giresun.Giresun is in Black Sea Region in the North of TURKEY.Technobird met with Kanuni Secondary School’s 7/B class students and they became friends.Students decided to introduce Giresun to Technobird.Technobird was hungry and It wanted to taste Giresun’s traditional meals.Technobird and students went to a restaurant and they ate PANCAR ÇORBASI,FASULYE DİBLESİ,KARA LAHANA SARMASI,MISIR EKMEĞİ and HAMSİ TAVA.They were all full after eating these meals and they were ready to visit Giresun’s historical and cultural places.They visited GIRESUN MUSEUM,GIRESUN CASTLE,GIRESUN ISLAND and then they went to GAZİ STREET and ATATURK SQUARE.After that,Technobird wanted to breathe fresh air and it wanted his friends take it to the Giresun’s plateaus.So They decided to go BEKTAŞ,KÜMBET and KULAKKAYA plateaus.On the way,They saw KUZALAN ŞELALESİ and MAVİ GÖL.They were amazing and wonderful natural beauties in Giresun and Technobird was amazed.Technobird took lots of photos with its friends.

At the end of the day,They went to HAS BAHÇE to drink a cup of coffee and watched the wonderful view of GİRESUN.Technobird was very happy to visit Giresun and It promised to come back here again soon.Finally,Technobird and Kanuni Secondary School’s students gave a big hug each other and Technobird flew to visit another beautiful city of TURKEY

25. TECHNOBIRD IS IN TOKAT

25.1. Ferhat ŞİMŞEK- 26th June Secondary School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7I2tUE1ETQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mQnBOLrFo

Technobird started the day with great enthusiasm. It has never forgotten Tokat after hearing the words of Evliya Çelebi “everybody needs to go to Tokat” and It was eager to go there. He got ready to know friendly people, to see the historical and natural beauties and to taste the delicious food. Also Technobird had became friends from Tokat in Italy and It heard that they were in Tokat .Before travelling to Tokat, Technobird bought them some souvenirs from different cities of Turkey.

After a long and exhausting journey with Topçam, Technobird arrives in Tokat. In fact, it was flying everywhere, but he decided to travel to Tokat by bus because it had already heard the comfort of travel and the reputation of fruit juices being served during journey. Its friends met him at Tokat Terminal. No matter how many times they insist on staying in their homes, Technobird preferred to stay at a famous hotel in Tokat. They drank tea and chatted with their friends in Taşhan until the late evening that day. Its friends told it everything about Tokat. Everything was so familiar to Technobird that it felt that it has lived in Tokat for years. That night Technobird could not sleep because of excitement.Because in the morning it would open its eyes to see a magical city.

The next day alone it went back to Taşhan and had breakfast. The reason for coming in earlier hour was that it had admired the structure of Taşhan’s walls made of cut stone and the structure consisting of 112 rooms and 1 mosque. The Ceylan Road, consisting of a 132-step stairway reaching the city center by Taşhan from Tokat. It was aware of the existence of a named tunnel. Nuri Genç, one of the oldest tradesmen of Tokat and very popular in Tokat, gave information to technobird. But it was disappointing that the tunnel hasnt been digged out yet. It bought a few souvenirs from Tashan. These included a cloth doll wearing Tokat’s local clothes, a traditional Tokat traditional scarf , a box of tomato sauce, a Tokat Çemeni, and one Tokat’s famous cloth sausage. While it was completing the

shopping, it heard a piece of music from one of the shops. This was a Tokat traditonal song and Technobird began to sing it:

Hey onbeşli onbeşli

Tokat yolları taşlı

Onbeşliler gidiyor

Kızların gözü yaşlı

Aslan yarim kız senin adın Hediye

Ben dolandım sen de dolan gel beriye

Fistan aldım endazesi on yediye

Gidiyom gidemiyom

Az doldur içemiyom

Sevdiğim pek gönüllü

Koyup da gidemiyom

Gidiyom gidemiyom

Sevdim terk edemiyom

Sevdiğim pek gönüllü

Gönlünü edemiyom

Aslan yarim kız senin adın Hediye

Ben dolandım sen de dolan gel beriye

Fistan aldım endazesi onyediye

Giderim ilinizden (elinizden)

Kurtulam dilinizden

Yeşil baş ördek olsam

Su içmem gölünüzden

Aslan yarim kız senin adın Hediye

Ben dolandım sen de dolan gel beriye

Fistan aldım endazesi on yediye

Technobird remembered this song somewhere. Because its grandfather was on its way to Tokat while it was migrating to Bird Paradise Manyas during the War of Independence, it witnessed that Tokat’s martial and brave people sent their 15-year-old children to the War of Independence and it had told to Technobird about it. Technobird remembered that its grandfather was telling such a memory, but it had forgotten that this event happened in Tokat.

Technobird was so hungry that It would eat everything because it was time for lunch. It went to a famous restaurant to eat lunch. The waiters met it with smiles. it said to the waiters, ‘Could you bring me the most famous dish of Tokat?’ Half an hour later the waiters brought a large tray of Tokat kebab. After Technobird had eaten Tokat kebab, it drank the buttery ayran on top. It liked Tokat Kebab very much. It did not forget to pay a fee and take a photo after giving the waitress a tip. Then it visited Atatürk Evi. it was so excited here that it could not control its feelings and began to cry. The officers there said they should definitely go to Tokat Castle built by 3 brothers who lived in Tokat and was well-known in the 5th Century. It was unbelievable because it was priceless to see a place at such high altitude by landing on the ground. Technobird was told the story of Dracoolan, who was imprisoned in Tokat Castle. Technobird was not surprised because the Tokat was the land where the famous Italian commander Caesar said ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ or in English ‘I came,I saw, I won”.

The next day it went to Ballıca Cave. When he heard that there were 8 salloons of Ballıca Cave, it said “Technobird must be one of the 7 wonders of the world”. It liked Ballıca Cave the most. As it entered the saloon with bats, a bat made an attack to Technobird, but Technobird protected itself from the attack of the bat with a sudden reflex. If it had not done this, the bat could make its eyes.

It visited the Ali Pasha Mosque at lunch and walked into the mosque. There it learned the meaning of ‘Namaz’ from the prayers. It got information about the internal structure of the mosque and the date of construction. Later, it went to Ali Pasha Hamam and Tellak washed it. Technobird felt himself alive.

After a while, It visited two magnificent cities of Tokat named ‘Niksar’ and ‘Almus’. It drank Ayvaz Water, Niksar’s ice-cold water. Later it went to Almus Dam and ate ‘Trout Stew’. It found the fish really fresh. A traditional song was whispered bythe wind again:

Tokattan mı geliyon da Gız sen Almuslu musun Ben seni alacağım da Söyle namuslu musun

İçliğimin Yakası da Sıra sıra nakışlar Kurban olam boyuna da O ne biçim bakışlar Yola yolladım seni de Yollar yormasın seni Hızır elinden tutsun da Bana yollasın seni…

There was a wedding just a few steps away. The people who joined the wedding were hanging together. Technobird accompanied them as halay head. It was very nice. The next morning, it was time for separation. Technobird flew away from this beautiful city. While it was leaving, its friends and the Tokat people poured out a bottle of water saying, “Go fast and Come fast.”

26. TECHNOBIRD IS IN MALATYA

26.1. Zeynep Asya ÇAĞLAYAN- Darende-Mustafa İclal Başer Anatolian High School

26.2. Münife Betül DELİER- Somuncu Baba Religious Secondary School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLCEXKqj2ec

While Technobird was flying from one city to another over Turkey, it decided to turn its direction  to Malatya. Being very exhausted, Technobird decided to take a respite in Darende and visited Zeynep Teacher and wander the beautiful district of Malatya. Zeynep Teacher, who was suddenly startled with the bird on her shoulder, was very pleasant when she saw that the bird was a technobird. After hours of conversation with Technobird, they started to visit the beauties of Darende. First they started from the Günpınar waterfall. Günpınar Waterfall, which is one of the few natural waterfalls of our country, is in Günpınar village which is connected to the district. Günpınar  waterfall, located 8 km from Darende,  is the most beautiful promenade places of Malatya Falls. The water spills from the source in 3 steps, about 40 meters high, embracing the wind and fondling your face. Thousands of visitors from all over the world can go trekking on the 1,5 km course towards the source of the water, which is great for nature, offering the opportunity of rest, entertainment and sports. On the left side of Günpınar Waterfall, you can see that the spring water which is independent from the main depth has been filtered. These waters freeze in the winter season and the waterfall becomes almost like Pamukkale. It is only 5 km to the highway connecting the two most important tourism centers of our country, Cappadocia, to Nemrut. Günpınar Waterfall  is a natural beauty worth seeing. It gives health and energy to visitors with the negative ion that it has put around. Zeynep teacher and technobird, who were filled with energy in the day spring waterfall, decided to go to the monument of Hasan Gazi and martyrdom. Seyyid Hasan Gazi is from the grandson of our Prophet (s.a.v), Hüseyin Gazi’s brother, Sayyid Battal Ghazi’s uncle and father-in-law. He was martyred in the siege of the Zengibar castle during the Abbasids period. There is a tomb of ‘Fahr’ül Ulema Sayyid’üþ-Şüheda’ Sayyid Hasan Gazi, which is known as Şehitlik Tepesi. In the same place also; the name of 92 martyrs from Darende  who were martyrs in the War of Independence, in the Ottoman-Russian War, in the Republic of Turkey, in the internal revolts, in Trablusgarp and in the struggle against terrorism, were printed on marble plates and placed inside the Martyrdom Monument he was put. Technobird who is proud of history and so sad for martyrs in Hasan Gazi also said that he had heard so much about the praise of  Somuncu Baba. The life journey that started from the spiritual architects of the Ottoman geography, Sheikh Hamid-i Veli Somuncu Baba, in 1331 in the village of Akçakaya in Kayseri, ended in 1412 in the city of Darende in Malatya. The Somuncu Baba Tomb located in Darende is visited by thousands of guests every year and continues to lead the people of today with his life, effects and works. Somuncu Baba has not been forgotten by Anatolian people even after more than 600 years passed after his death; has become one of the most visited friends of Allah in our country. Somuncu Baba has been living in the presence of God in the people who have been distracted from the place where the secret has emerged and have been engaged in the education of their talents throughout life. For this reason, the main answer the question of where the Somuncu Baba’s Tomb is the hearts of the lovers. After the spiritual fulfillment of the Somuncu Baba, he went to the Tohma Canyon for  rafting. The Tohma Canyon is steep and has an appearance of high slopes close to the dike. With this feature, the canyon slopes offer an adrenaline-filled adventure to climbing athletes. Tohma, which flows through the canyon, is designed for those who prefer fun trekking to those who prefer trekking, as well as narrow and pathways along the Tohma coast, while rafting enthusiasts enjoy exciting hours. After the exhausting rafting experience, technobird was very hungry and Zeynep teacher took technobird to eat Darende kebab. In these days when the local special taste of the wedding and special occasions are experienced, there is a drum sound in every neighborhood. Darende kebab preparations are made in the boilers that are established when the wedding owner gets a sweet flurry. Kebabs with a distinctive feature with a special taste of regional specialties are a must for wedding and special occasions in weddings. When the special day comes, the nerves and oils of the meats are taken and the roasts are chopped according to the number of guests and according to the number of guests, the boilers will be cooked and cooked and placed in the boiled oiled boilers and the boiled meat will be added to the boilers before being mixed and started to be mixed. 6 dry onions are buried and the boilers are closed. After about 1 hour, the meat is left to stand and the salt is removed and the salt is sprinkled. Put 3-5 tomatoes in the boiler. A few green peppers are placed near the cooked pans. Onions and green peppers are removed one by one in the last part of kebab that is rested and cooked. After being rested for a while, the ready meal is served. After a satisfying meal, it was time for the road to go, because Betül teacher at Malatya center was looking forward to technobird. Technobird saying good-bye to Zeynep teacher set off the road to Malatya.

Zeynep Asya ÇAĞLAYAN/Mustafa İclal Başer Anatolian High School

Technobird with Betül Teacher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Smb_to9W9o

Malatya, Malatya, nobody can find a city like you…This was the song Technobird heard while it was flying in front of Somuncu Baba İmam Hatip Secondary School. It got worried and entered the class of 5th grades. Students were making a cartoon video with the Toontastic app. When children saw it they got very excited. It was a little bit tired and wanted some water. After drinking the water it asked Betül teacher to show it Malatya Center. They accepted its wish and set off altogether for a trip. First, they went to the Aslantepe. Musa turned on his tablet and read information about it: Aslantepe contains ruins dating from 5000BC onwards – although ancient Anatolian buildings and the newer Hittite walls are the core of the site. The site is effectively an open-air museum, with much of it under partial cover. Remains of truly ancient artwork can be seen on a few walls.

After returning back, they went to the bazaar at the center. They bought apricots, Malatya’s most famous product, and palms there. The children didn’t eat as they were fasting.

In the afternoon, they traveled around the city center, saw Yeni Cami, built in 1912, Ataturk House Museum, the clock tower and rested at Hurriyet Park. They visited Battalgazi, the original city. Lastly, they went ice skating at Malatya Park AVM. They were really tired and everybody left for their homes to have iftar dinner and before its getting darker, technobird left, too for other beautiful cities of Turkiye.

AND THIS IS FROM ANOTHER STUDENT, DİLARA. THANKS HER FOR HER WORDS:

Technobird’s way has fallen to Malatya this time. It will now explore Malatya.
Technobird wants  to  taste  Malatya’s  regional  dishes.Then  went  to  a  traditional  restaurant  and  told  him  to  give  it  to  the  waiter.The waiter brought   the  most  famous  dish  Analı Kızlı  of  Malatya. And  after  eating  it winged  for  the  next  stop.
Technobird’s  next  stop  is   the  apricot  gardens .Technobird   |  visited  gardens  and  collected  apricots.It and  farmers  planted new apricot  seedlings . Also  it learned  the  drying  stages  of  the  apricots.
Technobird  finally  visited  the  Levent  Valley. Technobird  was  very  excited  there  because  the  Levent Valley  is  at  the  edge  of  the  precipice.
There  is  a  cruising  balcony  on  the  edge  of  this  precipice.People  come  this  cruise  balcony  and  watch  the  precipice. Technobird  finished  Malatya   touring   and  traveled  to  other cities.

27. TECHNOBIRD IS IN KAYSERİ

27.1. Zekiye BUDAK- Alparslan Primary School

27.2. Davut EROL- Fatma Mustafa Hasçalık Primary School

27.3. Sema E. Çakmak- Mehmet Tarman Primary School

After a long trip, Technobird,now,  sees a magnificient mountain called Erciyes. From another point of wiev it overlooks a reed filled with birds, colourful parachutes and historical structures in this city…It doesn’t want to pass through Kayseri and lands on the mountain.

Erciyes is an inactive volcano with 3917 metres high. The mountain pick is always covered with snow and clouds. Technobird really loves the scene.

It gets closer to the pick and notices lots of skiers, people getting on the cable car and children running in the picnic area. First Technobird approaches to the skiers and salutes them. It is fascinated with the length of ski-runs.

Then it moves forward to the cable car. People are in the queue to get on the cable car and ascend to the pick. Technobird flies along the cable car and watches the city wiev from the pick. It is fascinated with the scene…

Because of flying too much, Technobird gets hungry. It decides to fly back to the picnic area. There it smells something delicious. It approaches a family and notices a kind of long spicy meat roasting on the barbecue. Technobird makes friends with the child of this family. Her name is Zekiye and she goes to Alpaslan Primary School. She says that this meat is called “sausage”. It is a traditional food in Turkey. But in Kayseri , due to the Erciyes wind, it tastes great. So, traditional bacon and sausage comes to mind with the name of KAYSERİ. Zekiye treats Technobird sausage bread. After filling its stomach with this delicious meal, Technobird continues the city tour.

At the back side of the mountain, Technobird notices a team of flamingos. It flies fast and approaches them.  These flamingos come to Kayseri from Africa just for laying their eggs. Therefore they land on the reed called “ SultanSazlığı”.

Technobird lands on the reed with them. Here is one of the most important national parks in Turkey. Technobird is fascinated with here. “Sultan Sazlığı” is in fact a bird sanctuary. There are about 300 species of different birds and 400 species of plants here.  This is the first time that Technobird sees so much birds and it makes friends with lots of them.

It spends the night with the birds in “Sultan Sazlığı”. In the morning, Technobird remembers the colourful parachutes and says goodbye to his friends.

Zekiye BUDAK, Alparslan Primary School, Kayseri

Technobird comes to Ali Mountain to see the colorful parachutes closer.  Technobird sees a lot of professional and amateur people doing paragliding. There are seats on the top of the mountain to watch the contests and activities. There is an area covered with grass on the floor and paragliders land on this area. Also, there is a walk and bike road around the field. While paraglider land on the field, people come here with their families and friends to sit on the grass, ride a bike, walk, chat and have a snack. People relax at this field and it is in the city center. Technobird learns the area has a lot of concerts and other activities. Technobird loves here so much and starts to fly.
Technobird sees people entering the mountain. Tecchnobird flies there and sees a small door. He learns the name of the place: Ali Mountain Underground City.  Technobird enters, too. There are a lot of narrow paths in the mountain. At the end of the paths there is a cistern. Technobird likes the underground city very much and flies out the city.

Technobird flies toAğırnas and ses“GesiBağları”. “GesiBağları” is a very beautiful place and you can hear it in Turkish Folk Music songs. Ağırnas is a small town and birthplace of Mimar Sinan (Architeture Sinan). There are a lot of historical buildings and Mimar Sinan’s house in the town. Mimar Sinan is one of the most important people and architecturesin Turkish history. He has a lot of works. Technobirds visits his house. The house is a museum now and there is a guide. The guide tells the history of the house and Ağırnas.

Technobird flies over the narrow streets and historical stone buildings and arrives a green place. There is a path and a small river among the trees. People come here to walk, relax and get some fresh air. The name of the place is Bağpınar.  Technobird leaves here happily.

Davut EROL, Fatma Mustafa Hasçalık Primary School, Kayseri

Our hero Technobird who admires the nature of Kayseri, now wants to see some historical places and goes to visit museums and caravansaries. (khans).

Here is the Sultanhan. It is on the Kayseri –Sivas road and 47 km far away from here. It is in the Sultanhan village carrying the same name with it.

It leaves here and flies through the Karatay Caravansary. It is in Bünyan ,Karadayı village on Kayseri – Malatya road. It is 45 km far away from Kayseri. There is a hammam( Turkish bathhouse), mosque and tomb in this fascinating place.

Flying through the city center Technobird now arrives MilliMücadeleMüzesi   (National StruggleMuseum).The building which was built in 1893 as a school and graduated lots ofvery important people, has been a museum since 02. 05. 2016.

Technobird is now in The Covered Bazaar .It is one of the biggest bazaars in Anatolia and it has four entrances. Our voyager loves here so much because you can find whatever you want in this big bazaar.

After this long and tiring trip technobird gets hungry and he wants to taste the most famous foods of Kayseri. First comes Mantı ,sucuk and pastırma. Mantı is the symbol of Kayseri. Mantı is made from minced meat wrapped in tiny bits of dough and boiled, it is served with a special sauce and yoghurt.

At last it is desert time. Nevzine is coming. It is a Kayseri desert made from tahin (sesame butter), pekmez( made from grapes) and walnut. Technobird really enjoyes it very much.

And it is time to go for another cities. Technobird likes Kayseri too much .

Sema E. Çakmak, Mehmet Tarman Primary School, Kayseri

28. TECHNOBIRD IS IN NİĞDE

28.1. Sema ÇİMEN- Atatürk Secondary School

On a sunny Sunday we were at the picnic with our students at Emli Valley.The students and I are playing tag.While were running,we saw a bird coming near us.It settled on the ground and looked us.It was really very beautiful.We thought  that it was hurt but it wasn’t.It started to speak.We were surprised how a bird could speak.It said that it lost its way and asked where it was.We asked its name.It was TECHNOBIRD. We said it was at Emli Valley in Çamardı/ NİĞDE.It wanted us to give information about Çamardı and Niğde.

Emli Valley is a valley near Çukurbağ Village.You can go trekking and camp in this valley.Some of the cyclist ride here.There are different kind of flowers in summer.In winter you can see the mountain goats and deers .In every season you can watch the magnificent view of Aladağlar.

Technobird loved Emli Valley but it was tired and hungry.We ate fish together.It also loved the fish because the fish was very delicious.In Çamardı there are lots of fish restaurants near Ecemiş River.

Ecemiş River is located between Niğde Massive and Aladağ which is eastern part of the Middle Taurus Mountains.Ecemiş River basin, which is in the administrative borders of Niğde Province and Çamardı district, is an open basin.  It’s overall area is 785 km2.

In every season you can find fresh fish there. While eating your fish you can watch the Demirkazık Mountain.

Demirkazık Mountain  is the highest peak in Aladaglar, going from Cukurbag to the mountain plateau of Sokulupinar,Demirkazık is the highest of Aladağlar range mountains.It is  3756m.you can come here for climbing.July,August and September are the best months to climb.And you can do hiking here.It has a great view of sunset.Not only Turkish but also tourist from other countries come Çamardı for trekking,hiking and climbing.

In the village of Demirkazik, there is a new privately managed mountain resort with a 100-bed capacity, with eating and bathing facilities as well as a library. It is possible to use this resort as a base for reaching the summits of Demirkazik .

Technobird loved Çamardı and it said it would come again not for trekking but eating fish J

We showed it the way to Niğde because there are lots of historical places to see and taste the delicious Niğde cuisine so that we are sure that it will also love Niğde very much

29. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ŞANLIURFA

29.1. Birsen SARITOPRAK- Profilo Primary School

29.2. Dilan KÜÇÜKŞENER- Birecik Toki Primary School

29.1. Birsen SARITOPRAK- Profilo Primary School

Technobird is a so cute bird who is travelling world.It likes to have time with kids and also likes to listen about the historical and amazing places.

One day when Technobird is travelling the world again, through the clouds it sees Profilo Primary School Students are playing in the schoolyard. It turns his route to this lovely school. As soon as it comes to school, it sees that our wonderful better together team are having fun with eachother. Students also realizes it and begin to run towards to Technobird.After some giggles and shyness, they finally start to inroduce themselves.They like eachother and start telling some jokes. One of them suggest to Technobird take it to hairdresser and change his feather color. But it refuses it and wants to be original.Anyway our team realize that technobird is tired and hungry.They take it to the most famous restaurant of Şanlıurfa and they order the famous Şanlıurfa foods . While Technobird is pecking the delicous food quickly, our team leader Ela starts to tell this tasty food’s name. She says ‘ look Technobird these are çiğköfte,urfa kebabh, lahmacun,borani,semsek,ağzı yumuk, ağzı açık,içli köfte you can have as you want.’ When Technobird tries to say thank you it can not because Technobird eats this famous Urfa isot and feels so hot in his beak. J But even so when they leave the table, they just see an empty table and feel happy that bird isn’t hungry at least.

After this delicious food they take it to this famous Fishy Lake(Balıklıgöl) when Technobird is watching this delicous lake that full of fish and amzing view with Urfa castle, Our student Begüm starts to tell the history of Balıkgöl;Legend has it that Abraham was born and raised here, and that he incurred the wrath of King Nimrod when he not only declared war on idolatry but also won the heart of the king’s daughter, Zeliha. Nimrod sentenced Abraham to death, and a huge pyre was built in the middle of the city. Miraculously, just as Abraham was tossed into the fire, the flames were transformed into water and the logs into fish.Since then, the Pool of Abraham and the carp that live in it have been considered sacred; the Pool of Ayn?-Zeliha is said to have been formed by Zeliha’s tears and it is said that anyone who eats them will be struck blind.Feeding the fish is not only encouraged but necessary, as the masses of swarming fish depend on the food of pilgrims, visitors and tourists of Balikli Gol to keep them fed.Immediately Technobird picks some fish food up and feed the fish.Evrybody starts to laugh.Then they take Technobird to the world’s first temple ‘Göbekli Tepe’.

The ancient site of Göbeklitepe, which is considered the world’s oldest temple area .Located in the Örencik neighborhood, 18 kilometers from the city center in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, the Neolithic-age settlement has been undergoing archaeological excavations since 1995 in collaboration with the Şanlıurfa Museum and the Berlin Archaeology Institute. Neolithic-era T-shaped stones with wild animal figures and various artifacts have so far been unearthed in the ancient site, which contrains the ruins of the world’s old The ancientest temple.Göbeklitepe was included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List five years ago.

29.2. Dilan KÜÇÜKŞENER- Birecik Toki Primary School

Technobird is a smart, beautiful and technologic bird. It travels around the Turkey and one day it passes through Birecik. While it passes through the clouds above the Birecik, it strikes to The Birecik Castle but it isn’t injured. It is impressed by the castle because the Birecik Castle has a very impressive scenery. It sees the River Euphrates(Fırat). Technobird wonders where it is and goes on flying. Suddenly it sees a school and students in the garden. It decides to go to the school and ask some questions about the castle and the river. The students and Dilan teacher are reading their books in the garden, they look above and see the beautiful technobird. They are amazed and be happy to see it. They heard something about the technobird before from their projects’ leader Nida and Aylin teacher. So they welcomes it and starts to talk. Firstly technobird asks about the Castle Birecik and the River Euphrates’ history. One of the students wants to tell their histories and starts to talk :

Dear technobird the Birecik Castle is the only important historical structure in the city. It was built in the time of the Assyrians and was repaired in various periods in the history. It was made of large cut Stones. There are 12 towers on the walls with 30-40 m in height. And the River Euphrates is the largest river in Southwest Asia. It is formed by the confluence of two branches, the Karasu River and the Murat River. It descends between major ranges of the Taurus Mountains. It is used for watering in agriculture and generation of electricity. It has also a lot of fish species.

The other student says ‘’ ı want to talk about Kelaynak birds ‘’. They are a kind of bird like you. But they aren’t so beautiful like you. Everybody laughs J Kelaynak bird is a large black bird with its featherless head and neck and a long curved red beak, living in semi-deserted or rocky habitats such as in the Middle East and north Africa. The rest of their body is covered with dark blue-purple feathers. They are endangered so they are protected. Technobird wants to see these birds so Dilan teacher and the students take it to the Kelaynak birds.

After this visiting students asks to technobird visit Halfeti and Harran. Technobird becomes so happy for hearing this offer and they starts to travelling by a school bus. Halfeti is their first destination. Dilan teachers says : Halfeti is famous for black roses and peanuts. It is called ‘’cittaslow city’’. Every year so many people visits the city to do hiking and water sports. The students buy black rose cologne and some magnets. They present them to technobird so it is very happy. After they have boat trip across the River Euphrates, they leaves Halfeti and goes to the Harran.

When they arrives Harran technobird is surprised. Because Harran Houses have a different architecture than the other houses. They have domed roofs. A rich family can have a house with more domed roofs. They attracts so many tourists every year.

After visiting these cities technobird is hungry. Students talks about Urfa Dishes. One of the students starts to talk about dishes. She says Urfa has delicious dishes and desserts like ‘’ Patlıcan Kebabı, Çiğköfte, Şıllık Tatlısı, Semsek, Lebeni, Boranı, Bostana, Aya Köftesi, Yuvalak etc. ‘’ They decided to eat Patlıcan Kebabı.

Technobird is very happy to meet Dilan Teacher and her students. They takes a photo and technobird goes on its travelling saying good bye!

30. TECHNOBIRD IS IN  GAZİANTEP

30.1. Nida DEMİR- Nezihe Osman Atay Primary School

30.2. Demet KUZU- Ömer Humanızlı Primary School

30.3. Nuray ŞAHİN- Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Vocational High School

30.4. Duygu OVAYOLU- Nurel Enver Taner Secondary School

30.5. Fatma ASLAN- Tekel Primary School

30.1. Nida DEMİR- Nezihe Osman Atay Primary School

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In the morning, Nida DEMİR and her students are at the school. Tarık runs near them. There is a different bird beside him. Nobody believes Tarık who said the bird came from underground. When they talk Technobird, they realize that what Tarık said is true. This bird is a private bird. When they ask him where it came from, it talks them it is traveling. Suddenly it says: Will you take me to the museums? It wants to see the museums in Gaziantep. Nida DEMİR and her pupils go to Technobird to visit the museum with permission from their school principal. It says they had a history museum.They are surprised. How does Technobird know? There are many museums in Gaziantep. They can all go. But let’s have breakfast first, They say it’s very hungry. Technobird is tired,too. A good breakfast will be also good for it.

They go to the Metanet Restaurant immediately. Technobird likes the taste of “Beyran” with plenty of spicy and abundant slices for breakfast. Besides, Technobird, which is eating the “Cartlak” kebab in the name of Küppe named bread,is full of cheerful and energy.TechnoBird looks at its watch when it is eating Antep cheese and it removes them.

They go to “Pişirici Mescidi ve Kasteli” immediately. TechnoBird loves this delicacy that people used to wash their clothes. TechnoBird’s face is laughing as it walkes into an empty room and it goes out.

They go out of there without knowing what it was and go to the National Struggle Museum. There, in the War of Independence, all the difficulties of our people were told. TechnoBird is touched by this heroic struggle of the Gazianteps.It immediately goes to the models with Şehitkamil and her mother. It leans over and takes out a paper. It is written “E” on the paper. It say it should go now.

Then they go to Medusa glass art museum. There are many works of art from the Romans about ancient greek.After Technobird checks everywhere, it leanes back to the Medusa Museum of Glass Museum and finds a paper. It says we have to leave without seeing what it wrote on the paper. They are on their way.

They go to the Monumental Period Money Museum. There are money from every nation here. TechnoBird is very fond of seeing this museum that used the metal and paper money used centuries ago. There is a swing in the garden where the moneys are. It also takes a paper from under the currency table just below.It is written “CN” on the paper. They still have not figured out what Technobird is looking for.

From there, they go to the Game and Toy museum. In this museum full of many toys, Technobird go to near toy bird. The bird suddenly comes alive and says his name. “Hi I’m Zumbabird”. The students are very surprised. The students see that bird before, but it never talks to them. Zumbabird leans over and whispers something into the Technobird’s ear. Then, TechnoBird says let’s get out of here. They go after TechnoBird without knowing what it is.

They take it to the Emine Göğüs Culinary Arts Museum. The Technobird admires by the museum, tries to eat the bread made by sculptures. There are so many sculptures that all are very realistic. Here, there are Gaziantep’s knowledge of all local dishes, paintings and the way our old people is cooking. Technobird is looking around. A man in safety comes and gives something in Technobird’s hand. Technobird says we have to get out of the way.They are on their way back to school.Their last stop is the Zeugma museum because their school is very close to the Zeugma museum.

The world’s second largest mosaic museum, Zeugma, have many mosaic artifacts. Technobird, who immediately go to the Gypsy Girl’s mozaic, go to take the letter-written mosaic just below it and go. They leave without seeing which the letter written.

After returning to their school, Technobird says them, “Now I have to go. Thank you for everything. I also have to visit Demet KUZU and her students”. and flies away. How does Technobird know so much about this name and things? It left a lot of questions behind it.

30.2. Demet KUZU- Ömer Humanızlı Primary School

While Technobird is flying over Gaziantep,it is time to see old friend called Demet Kuzu. While young twinners in Ömer Humanızlı Primary School are studying English lesson,Technobird come to the classroom by using opened window of class. As soon as Demet teacher sees the bird,she knows it and is shocked. Suddenly,she screames ‘Hi,Technobird, hi small bird of Better Together Project ! ‘Then,she meets it with students and they decide to visit the beauties of Gaziantep all together.

The first step is Gaziantep Zoo. It is Turkey’s largest and the world’s fourth largest animal center. It is really worth to see because it is home to 4000 animals drawn from 270 species. Technobird likes especially birds because they are its family. A bird at the zoo gives a paper written “I”. They don’t understand what that is.

Then it wants to go Copper Bazaar, the bird is very happy because it is fond of handmade stuff so it falls in love with this place. It is in the heart of Gaziantep. Technobird could find gifts for its friends and family.They have realized Technobird wrote a letter “NG”. This is interesting.

While they are walking in the street, there is an interesting monument called Şehit Kadınlar Monument because it was built for 83 women who were martyr for defending on Antep. When Technobird hear it,it startes to cry,it is very upset due to wars,starvation,famine and all negative things. It reaches to monument, looks at it and takes a note.”AZ”.

Students try to let it happy and the solution is Nohut Dürümü J When they get Technobird full, it would be happy because nohut dürümü has a power to give happiness and peace. They eat in Belkıs Park in the fresh air.

Technobird likes it so much and they go on wonder because there are two places to visit,too. One of them is Millet Hanı built in 1571 and after a long time Mustafa Kemal Atatürk visited here. It is very interesting  because it is cradle of civilization and cultures. Technobird climbs up stairs and down quickly.It writes a new letter. But they can’t see it.

The other place is Zeytinhan. You can find every kind of olive and products about olive. That’s why a rich culture of this city. When the students look at around Zeytinhan,it writes a letter again. They ask why,but Technobird don’t answer them. Everything is amazing and everybody is tired. Technobird says “Thanks for everything,I’m nice to see you. Now I must go to Nuray ŞAHİN and her students” and flies from there. They don’t understand anything about the letters.

30.3. Nuray ŞAHİN- Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Vocational High School

Nuray ŞAHİN and her students are at the school garden. They realize a bird flying around them. The bird talks them.“Hello, I’m Technobird.I want to visit your city.” They are surprised but like Technobird. They get a permission from their headmaster and decide to go out with Technobird.

They take Technobird to Chain Bedesten, who want to look at some gifts. Entering a shop where all kinds of soaps are made, Technobird picks up chocolate soap and drops soap while putting it in the pocket. A sheet of paper falls through the cracking soap. There are some letters on the paper. It puts the paper in its pocket without saying what it is.Then they realized that Technobird ‘s objective is different. Technobird who doesn’t tell them why,  is so exhausted.

They take to it the Tabak Hammam for throwing its fatigue. Technobird looks behind the door of hammam. After it gets out a paper that is stuck in the wall there, Technobird leave all its items in a corner and it has a shower there.

After enjoying the beautiful baths in the plate bath and taking all their tiredness, they collect their things and go to ”Rumkale”. They go to the bus station to get to the bus stop for Rumkale, which is a little far away. And they are in Rumkale.

Technobird, which does not expect such a beautiful view, has also admired the Poet Saint Nerses Church, the Barossa monastery, water cisterns and water wells among the remains that can be seen today besides body walls and bastions. There is a paper on the floor of the castle. It writes “HER” on it. It says to lift the paper and go right now.Technobird says “Thanks for everything,I’m nice to see you. Now I must go to Duygu OVAYOLU and her students” and flies from there. They don’t understand anything about the letters.

30.4. Duygu OVAYOLU- Nurel Enver Taner Secondary School

Duygu OVAYOLU and her students are at the school. They see Technobird on the window. Technobird says it want to travel. The students accept .

Tecnobird firstly wants a break from urban life and it flies to Düllükbaba Nature Park. It sees the green and breathes fresh air.Then it gets hungry and eats grilled meat there. It sees flowers, trees, picnic grounds, fantastic  water view  and people who are jogging.It swims in water and find a paper on the grass. “CUL” is written on it.

In the evening it wants to drink tea and coffee It decides to go to Tahmis Kahvesi. It flies there. It drinks menengiç coffee. This coffee has a little different taste. Our technobird likes it very much. The place is very authentic and nice. The atmosphere is great and mystical. It sees waterpipe and backgammon there. Under the backgammon board, it finds a letter. And then they go to “Botanical garden”. It seems very glorius. It loves so  much here. They get rest and eat icecream. Technobird finds a paper on the grass. They don’t see what it is.

Then they decides go to Gaziantep Castle. Even though the castle was built in the Roman period, the focus of its exhibitions and displays is about the role of Gaziantep during the Turkish war of independence. Technobird  finds a paper written “AL” and goes out there.

They are very tired. Technobird says “Nice to see you. But now I must go to Fatma ASLAN and her students. See you.” And it goes there.

30.5. Fatma ASLAN- Tekel Primary School

Technobird wants to go on a trip to Gaziantep with parks, Fatma teachers and students volunteer to show him. The kids take her to the “Kavaklık” park where they think it’ll love her. This park, which passes through the Alleben lake of the city center today, has a lush green area. Seeing that many people come here for sports and hiking in the city, technobird says it is important to have a healthy life with children and children, and they itinerate by cycling around here.

They decide to go to Şahinbey Park (Sahinler valley) after this because they want to ride a cable car with Technobird here. They take a bird’s-eye view of the park with a cable car and have a lot of fun on the mountain. Technobird sees a letter on cable car and writes. It is “HER”. Luckily there is a children’s concert in the amphitheater that day they listen to music and have fun together. Fatma teacher ,students and Technobird also visits the part of 29 different cultures historical structures and then takes them to Wonderland  whisch is both the Technobird and children’s favorite.

Technobird and the students seeing Wonderland which is Turkey’s first theme parks,the amusement park are very excited. There are so many fun ways that they can not decide which one to go rafting, mountain raindrops, water sculptures, fear tunnels, horse riding, and more. At last, they choose the ancestor and the fear settled in the tunnel.Technobird sees a letter in the tunnel. It is “I”. One of the children suggests to go to the green valley park where he went with his family and they said that there was a surprise in Technobird and they get out of the way.

The activities of the Green Valley Park are so varied and beautiful that they do not know where to start. What the student wanted to show in the technobir is the dinosaur park. The enormous models of animals that lived centuries ago and are endangered are in front of their eyes like living things. Technobird is very enthusiastic when they see. Technobird sees a letter on the grass, but the students don’t it. Later, they visit the adventure park, the adrenalin tower, and the sea bikes, they relax in the swimming pool.

Fatma Teacher recently suggests to go to a Fairy Tale Park because there are heroes that students know closely.In the fairy park, the characters of the Turkish and world titles, the children and TechnoBird  are attracted to the pictures and play games. Technobird goes to Nasrettein Hodja. Under him, it sees a letter. It is “G”. Everyone loves their favorite fairy tale hero, Technobird loves a legendary hero, the Anka Bird. The boys tell him his story.

They go to the Waterfall Park facilities which is a nice place to introduce Antep food.This park was built on a hill, and when they go to the restaurant, they see a table filled with various kinds of dishes such as kebabs, nests, aubergine kebabs, dry dolmas, firik rice, alinazik, all kinds of kebabs. Technobird likes most fried rice and dry stuff. Technobird sees a letter on the plate and writes but the students don’t see it.

After a nice meal, it’s time to say good-bye. The students wanted and wanted to come back to Technobird. Technobird says that it likes Gaziantep and the children very much and waves its wings away.

When Technobird is flying, a paper falls down. “TECHNOBIRD IS IN GAZIANTEP-BETTER TOGETHER- CULTURAL HERITAGE ” is written on the paper.

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 famous for the breakfast served there, and the copper shops. We buy some cups made of copper for TechnoBird as a gift.

We get really worn out by the evening. So, one of our friends, Ruken, wants to welcome us at her house. Her mother servesstuffed sheep sausages (mumbar dolması), hot spicy tomato dip(acılı ezme), lentil soup, and stuffed meatballs. After eating the dinner, TechnoBird can’t move anywhere for a while. We are all stuffed. He mentions that “After these super duper delicious food I’ve had here, I don’t think I’ll ever like to have others.” We all laugh out loud. We also talk about the spices and the weather. TechnoBird is amazed as we tell we don’t have cold weather and it is really hot in the summer, more than 40 celsius degrees. When it is almost midnight, we turn back to our homes, but TechnoBird stays at our teacher’s home.

The next day, we meet at 10 a.m. to eat liver as breakfast, which is a tradition. We decide to go to Eğil to visit the religious and historical places there today. TechnoBird is astonished by how the graves look really long. We remind it that people were taller in the past, and they are Hz. Elyasa, Hz. Zülkifl and other prophets. We have a boat tour on Dicle in Eğil. After that, we come back to Diyarbakır to eat  lahmacun (pizza with spicy meat filling) and pide (Turkish pizza with ground meat). It is almost evening now, and we decide to look at the Hevsel Gardens from the city walls. It looks really charming.

We want TechnoBird  to see the new Diyarbakır now, so we go to Diclekent. TechnoBird says Diyarbakır is a harmony of people of different races,  cultures and times. We eat kadayıf (a kind of dessert) with ice-cream at a famous restaurant. TechnoBird also notices that the stewards are always kind and helpful.

After that night, TechnoBird looks like 2 kilos heavier. Now comes the time to say goodbye. We don’t want it to leave us. But, it has to travel to see and learn more. With tears in our eyes, we wave it goodbye towards the sky.

32. TECHOBIRD IS IN ARDAHAN

32.1. Muradiye AKTAŞ- Merkez Halit Paşa Primary School

It is a sunny day and Technobird is flying over Ardahan.  Technobird sees students near a lake and when it come closer to students, understands that they are on a picnic near the Çıldır Lake. It wants to talk them and get permission from their teacher. It asks ”What are you doing?” and students answer “ We’re on a Graduation Picnic here. We are having fun with our teachers.” It asks again “ May I join you?” and they cheer “yess!”. Muradiye teacher, students and Technobird take a walk around the lake. While walking around their teacher give informations about the Çıldır Ice Festival. The festival starts when the lake freezes and the participants play tipcat (Çelik Çomak) and winner gets a cup. While Their teacher talking they take lots of photos around the lake and start playing games. After playing various games, they want to eat Pişi(Flounder) with Ayran and they eat them with Technobird. It loves Pişi(Flounder) and Ayran very much and wants more.

On the way to Ardahan students want to show Devil Castle to Technobird. They get out of the bus and start walking to Devil Castle because cars can not go near the castle. Before they reached to the castle Technobird flies there and takes lots of bird’s eye view photos. It asks about the castle and students answer that there isn’t any certain information about its builder but it’s thought that it was build by Urartians. When they come back to bus Technobird wants to leave but students don’t let it because they want to show one more place.

Next destination is Damal – Atatürk’s silhouette. Atatürk is the founder of Turkish Republic and his reforms modernized the country. The silhouette first noticed by Adıgüzel Kırmızıgül in 1954. When they come to Damal and see the crowd and also the silhouette of Atatürk they are fascinated. After taking photos with silhouette it is time to go.They come back to schoolyard and Technobird leaves to get back home.

33. TECHNOBIRD IS IN ŞIRNAK

33.1. Tubanur AĞIR- Menderes Primary School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogRyku0C6w

There is a naughty bird called Techno Bird. This bird bounces off the clouds and loses his balance and quickly falls down through the clouds. When it falls, the wing is hit and wounded in the high Cudi Mountains of Cizre. Menderes Primary School’s students, who make the eTwinning project in the garden, hear the painful voice of Techno Bird and help the bird. They bandage the wounded wing of Techno Bird with their teacher Tubanur AĞIR. They decide to show Techno Bird, which is apparently from far away, around the Cizre. They first take him to the Mem-u Zin Tomb. Here they tell about the true love story of Mem and Zin, just like Leyla and Mecnun. Techno Bird, who hears that they can not get together and they have died with pain of separation, is very upset and breaks down in tears. When they see the bird is very upset, the children immediately decide to take him to the Red Madrasa. Techno Bird is very surprised that the walls of the Red Madrasa are so red, and he approaches the walls with excitement and opens his wings and touches the walls. Children can not understand why it is doing so, but they are very happy to see that the bird is happy. The children who saw the Techno Bird like the Red Madrasa, take him to the Hz. Noah’s Tomb. They tell that Hz. Nuh’s tomb is here. Then all the children open their hands around and pray.
Children who want to teach the bird to pray tell the bird how to pray. When the children opened their hands, the bird slowly opened its wings and together they pray for Hz. Noah (asm). Then, they go to the Hz. Noah Mosque and here they teach the Techno Bird to perform the prayer. After praying all together, the children realize that Techno Bird is in pain and they run to the garden. They bring the healing water to the Techno Bird. After he drinks the water, his wing gets well. The children and their teacher are delighted to heal the bird. They take it to the Grand Mosque (UluCamii) in excitement. Here, they show the dragon figure of the mosque to Techno Bird. This figure is also the sign of Cizre. Children who ring the door knock a few times notice that they are starving and they go home to eat with Techno Bird.
The household who heard that a guest is coming, immediately prepare a floor table and prepare various kinds of meals such as stuffed meatballs, some kinds of stuffed vegetables which is special to Cizre, sheep’s head and foot soup , a variety of dishes with lots of hot peppers.Having realized that Techno Bird can not eat any of these meals, the teacher and the students prepare a wet cake consisting of baits to Techno Bird. They celebrate the first day of Techno Bird’s visit. Techno Bird, who is very happy to see the cake, trust them and tells his secret. Techno Bird is a very special kind of bird who can talk. The children who realize that the bird can speak hug him joyfully. He tells that he loves them and Cizre so much and he puts all of them in his wings. He says “I love you very much, you are very nice people, and then I have a surprise for you” and whistles loudly. All of his friends who heard Techno Bird’s whistle come to Cizre. The children watch these beautiful birds in excitement …Techno Bird opens his wings slowly and takes Tubanur teacher by his wings and puts her on his back. The other birds take the children to their backs. Techno Bird flies ahead and other birds fly behind him. They fly to the sky all together. In the sky, they see Mem and Zin, who are together and very happy. The happiness of these two lovers in the sky makes the birds and children very happy.
After saluting Mem and Zin, they continue flying towards the Dicle River. While passing over the Dicle River, Techno Bird opens up his wings widely and scatter the red paints towards the Dicle River. These are the red paints taken from the Red Madrasah’s wall when he touched the wall by his wings… So the Dicle River has become as red as blood… After the river is painted red, the birds take the moon and star shape in the sky. Then they all shine lights from their wings. So the Dicle River looks like our red flag. Then the birds slowly descend towards BırcaBelek Park and bring children down. The children who understand that this is the time to leave are very upset.Being aware of their sadness, Techno Bird says “
Whenever you miss me, if you come to the Dicle and swing our flags to the sky I will see you and come here. Then they all hug and say good-bye to each other. Techno Bird and his friends move to the sky and they disappear slowly taking another path towards the other beauties of Turkey…