Idil ALTAY CAPSTONE PROJECT

For my Capstone I wanted to make something about my country because I’m here for a year, and in this time period I experienced many things like American culture, history, people and etc. Before I return my country, I wanted to introduce mine. Turkey is an important geostrategic power thanks to being located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. I wanted to give some historical facts and some basic information about Turkey. The other thing that I mentioned in my Capstone are Turkish reforms which were made by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He was our leader after World War I, and he recreated a dead country. One of the most important details for me in this project is my perspective because i compared Turkey and America. I wrote my observations that I have experienced about relationships, daily life and perspectives. This was important for me because this is about my thoughts. I got help from Mr. Elish and we planned to add differences in the educational system between Turkey and America too. This was also important because I was an international student for a year and I learned so much.

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