TECHNICAL SESSIONS AGN Members in Turkey AGN WORLD

TECHNICAL SESSIONS AGN Members in Turkey AGN WORLD CONGRESS 2011 Turkey 18 -20 September

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS ISTANBUL www. kokerymm. com Degirmen Sok. Cemalbey Is Mrk. Kat: 3 No: 11 Address: Kozyatağı Kadıköy - ISTANBUL Tel: +90 216 384 53 93 - 97 Fax: +90 216 384 53 90 e-mail: info@bilgilidenetim. com Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 2

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS IZMIR batiymm. com. tr Address: Şair Eşref Bulvarı No: 48 Tuzcuoğlu İş Merkezi Kat 4 35230 Montrö – İZMİR Tel: +90 232 489 78 48 Fax: +90 232 489 01 08 / +90 232 483 34 04 e-mail: Accessing Global k. Nowledge info@batiymm. com. tr Page 3

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS ANKARA www. kokerymm. com Rabindranath Tagore Cad. 694. Sk. No: 7/2 Address: Yıldız Çankaya – ANKARA Tel: +90 312 430 53 73 Fax: +90 312 430 53 74 e-mail: info@kokerymm. com Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 4

TECHNICAL SESSIONS The Best Kept Secret in the World AGN WORLD CONGRESS 2011 Turkey 18 -20 September

Who are Turks ? ? ? Turks have a long background dating back to the 3 rd millennia BC, when they lived as nomads in the great Chinese steppes and on the Mongolian highlands. Historical written references to the Turks appear in Chinese records of about 200 BC, when Turks liberated themselves from the Chinese autonomy and moved towards the west to establish their own Empires and States mainly within the intersection of 3 continents; Asia, Europe and Africa. Before the foundation of Republic of Turkey, there were 16 Turkish States. The rulers of these States were called mainly Tarkan, Tanhu, Kagan (Kaan), Han (Khan), Yangu, Bey, Shah, Sultan, and so on. Generally the eldest son was appointed as the crown prince. In case the crown princes were too young, their uncles were enthroned until they grew up. The capital city of the ruler was called "Ordu".

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS The 16 Great Turkish Empires The "GREAT HUN EMPIRE" - 204 B. C - 216 A. D The "KARAHAN" - 932 - 1212 A. D The "WESTERN HUN EMPIRE" - 48 - 216 A. D The "GAZNELI EMPIRE" - 962 - 1183 A. D The "EUROPEAN HUN EMPIRE" - 275 - 454 A. D The "SELCUK EMPIRE" - 1040 - 1157 A. D The "WHITE HUN EMPIRE" - 420 - 552 A. D The "HARZEMSHAH" - 1077 - 1231 A. D The "GOKTURK EMPIRE" - 552 - 743 A. D The "GOLDEN HORDE" - 1224 - 1502 A. D The "AVAR EMPIRE" - 562 - 796 A. D The "EMPIRE OF TIMUR KHAN" - 1369 - 1501 A. D The "HAZAR EMPIRE" - 602 - 1016 A. D The "EMPIRE OF BABUR" - 1526 - 1858 A. D The "UYGUR EMPIRE" - 740 - 1335 A. D Accessing Global k. Nowledge The "OTTOMAN EMPIRE " - 1299 - 1922 A. D Page 23

The Turkish Republic is the 17 th and the last of the Turkish States. October 29, 1923 is a fateful date in Turkish history. On that date, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, the liberator of his country, proclaimed the Republic of Turkey. The new homogeneous nation-state stood in sharp contrast to the multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire out of whose ashes it arose. The dynasty and theocratic Ottoman system, with its Sultanate and Caliphate, thus came to an end. Atatürk's Turkey dedicated itself to the sovereignty of the national will - to the creation of, in the President's words, "the state of the people ". Today the term “Turk” commonly refers to citizens of the Turkish Republic and represents a nation rather than an ethnic identity.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Istanbul is the only city in the world located on two continents, Asia and Europe. Founded in 659 B. C. , it was the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) and Ottoman Empires since 330 A. D. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 25

The largest Neolithic human settlement with the longest history of continuous habitation (since 7000 B. C. ) was found in Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Every year, at least 150 archaeological excavations are going on in Turkey.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Izmir, Ephesus Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Temple of Artemis and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, are in Turkey. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 27

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Şanlıurfa The prophet Abraham is thought to have been born in Şanlıurfa, Southeastern Turkey. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 28

Mimar Sinan, born in Kayseri and living in the sixteenth century, is considered to be one of the world’s greatest architects. He performed the magnificent works of art that he created during the period when he was arch-architect in the most powerful ages of Ottoman Empire. Mimar Sinan-Selimiye Mosque

Well-known historical figures such as King Midas of the golden touch, Herodotus, the father of history, St. Paul the Apostle, and Omar Khayyam, the Persian poet came from Asia Minor, the part of Turkey now called Anatolia.

Leonardo Da Vinci drew designs for a bridge over the Golden Horn. It was never built.

The first synagogue in Anatolia was built in 1324 with the permission of Sultan Orhan, as an encouragement to the Jewish community, which was suffering under Byzantine rule.

Julius Caesar uttered his famous words, “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered) in 47 B. C. after defeating Pharnaces II, the ruler of Pontus, which was a northeastern province of Asia Minor on the southern coast of the Black Sea.

Olympus, which was one of the most significant costal cities of Ancient Lydia, known to be the location of first settlement in 168 B. C. , has become one of the important tourist regions of Antalya with the cultural values she bears, excellent 3200 meter-coast, endemic information, Carettas, Chimera, Yanartas.

Gaziantep At the time, with a population of over 80. 000, Zeugma was one of the largest cities in the world, bigger than Pompeii and Londinium (London) and as big as Athens. This ancient city, founded at Gaziantep, on the shallowest part along the shores of the River Euphrates in 300 B. C. , was conquered by the Romans in the 1 st century B. C. and renamed Zeugma.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Antalya, Demre St. Nicholas, who became popular as Santa Claus, was born in Demre on Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast. St. Paul, St. Nicholas, St. John and St. Peter all lived and prayed in southern Anatolia. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 36

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Selçuk, Ephesus The last home of Virgin Mary is believed to be in Selçuk; (Ephesus) Turkey. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 37

Mark Antony gave Cleopatra part of Turkey’s southwestern shore as a wedding gift.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Izmir Homer was born in Izmir on the west coast of Turkey. His famous epic, the Iliad, depicts the battles for the city of Troy, also located in Turkey. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 39

Aesop, the famed teller of fables, was born in Anatolia.

Yunus Emre, with his verses that have been transferred through the generations, carved to the hymns and folksongs, used, occasionally, as a proverb by the Turkish for approximately 700 years, is an important person who has had great contributions to the formation of Turkish culture and civilization.

Unveiled at the Topkapı Palace in 1929 and drawn by the renowned Turkish sailor Piri Reis (1457 -1555), this map bewildered the world of science, since the Mountain ranges in Antarctica, the Northern and Southern coasts of the American Continents, even the mountain chains and their summits, only discovered in 1952 with acoustical devices, were accurately located and shown on it.

The famous Ottoman Sultan, known to the Europeans as Suleyman the Magnificent (the giver of law), was a poet who wrote hundreds of poems praising love and condemning greed for worldly things.

Ankara Alexander the Great conquered a large part of what is now Turkey and cut the Gordion Knot in the Phrygian capital of Gordium, not far from Turkey’s present-day capital, Ankara.

Early Christians escaping Roman persecution nearly 2000 years age sheltered in the caves of Cappadocia in central Anatolia.

The ideas of Mevlana Celalettin Rumi, the great philosopher and sufist of human history, which were transferred to his works of art, have carried Him very lively to our current life. He has been considered to be a pioneer of a mentality, reminding spiritual love, passion, tolerance and aiming to present Islamic thought from this perspective.

The city of Troy, the site of the ancient Trojan Wars, is located in western Turkey, where a replica of the famous Trojan Horse has become a favourite tourist attraction.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Antakya St. Pierre’s Church in Antioch (Antakya) is thought to be the first Christian Church. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 48

The Nicean Creed was established in the 4 th century AD by an Ecumenical Council held in what is now the Turkish town of İznik. Over a hundred copies of Bible were agreed to be integrated into four Gospels as Matthew, Luke, Mark and John.

Poetic city of Southeast Anatolia Region, reflecting the impression as if the time had stopped with its present architectural, ethnographic, archeological, historic and visual merits. Mardin…. . The city hosts mosques, mausoleums, churches, monasteries and similar religious creations parallel to the different religious beliefs all of which are representing both artistic and historic values.

Mount Nemrut 2, 134 m (7, 001 ft) high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for its summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1 st century BC.

Ağrı According to legend, Noah’s Ark landed on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey.

AKDAMAR ISLAND Home to a tenth century Armenian Cathedral church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915 -921), and was the seat of the Armenian Catholics from 1116 to

BLACK SEA REGION…

Winter Sports in Turkey….

The rich tradition of the Turkish cuisine is popular throughout the world. It includes a wide variety of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres known everywhere as “meze”, a wide selection of grilled meats (kebab) seafood, stuffed and wrapped vegetables (dolma), savory pastries (börek), pilav and dishes with olive oil and butter as well as a wide variety of desserts among them Turkish delight, baklava, helva, kadayif, and several puddings.

A good meal naturally ends with fine Turkish Coffee. Yogurt, now popular in the West, has been known to the Turks since ancient times. Turkish cooks are heirs to one of the world’s finest cuisines. The Turks brought a tradition of cooking with them out of Central Asia and discovered new foods and ways to prepare them in Asia Minor. In Turkish cuisine, as in so many other things Turkish, East meets West in a delightful way.

Anatolia was producing wine as early as 4000 BC.

• Turkey provides 70% of the world’s hazelnuts. The nut in your chocolate bar was most likely grown in Turkey. • Turks gave Dutch their famous tulips. • Turks introduced coffee to Europe.

Since 1952, Turkey has been a member of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Since negotiations that started in 2005, Turkey has continued getting one step closer to membership with the European Union.

With the rising trend of football, the locomotive of Turkish sports, which Galatasaray Sports Club started by getting the UEFA and Super Cup in 2000, Turkish National Football Team came 3 rd in 2002 Korea World Cup.

On 23 rd of April 1920, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) was founded in Ankara and after 1927, April 23 was dedicated to children by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Turkey is the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday. Every year, on April 23, the country rededicates itself to honoring and cherishing children and the freedom and independence of all people.

Women in Turkey were given the right to vote and be elected to public Office in 1934 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Turkey is the only democratic, secular nation in the world with the majority of its population being of the Islamic faith. Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 68

Despite a long-lasting war between the two countries, the Greek Prime Minister Eleutherios Kryikos Venizelos, in a 3 -page letter he wrote in 1934, proposed that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize that year. The Prime Minister expressed his admiration for this great man, asserting that he had paved the way for the proclamation of independence.

This place was believed to be the location where the legendary sailing ship “Argos” of the Argonauts, who were in search of the Golden Fleece, had anchored. Built in 1856 by the famous Ottoman architects Karabet and Nikogos Balyan, the palace accommodates 285 rooms, 46 banquet lounges, 6 hamams and toilets.

Legend has it that Anatolia (Asia Minor) was the location of the first beauty contest, judged by Paris with the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena as leading participants.

Tolerance to other religious beliefs was noteworthy of the Ottoman Turkish rule.

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 CENTRALLY LOCATED TECHNICAL SESSIONS A natural bridge between both East-West and North-South axes Easy access to 1. 5 billion customers in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa An important energy terminal and corridor in Europe connecting the East and West Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 73

• A population of 74 million people • Istanbul is one of the largest cities in Europe with nearly 13 million people. • Largest youth population compared with the EU • Half the population under the age 29 • Young, dynamic, well-educated and multi-cultural population

Over 25 million young, well-educated and motivated professionals Increasing labour productivity combined with decreasing real unit wage 4 th largest labour force compared with the EU

AGN WORLD CONGRESS – Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 20 September 2011 TECHNICAL SESSIONS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY s Booming economy (USD 230 billion to USD 736 billion of GDP from 2002 to 2010) s Sustainable economic growth (4. 8 percent annual average real GDP increase for the last 8 years) s Promising economy with a bright future as it is expected to be the fastest growing economy among the OECD members during 2011 -2017 with an annual average real GDP growth rate of 6. 7 percent s 16 th largest economy in the world and 6 th largest economy compared with the EU in 2010 s Institutionalized economy fueled by over USD 94 billion of FDI in the last 8 years and ranked as the 15 th most attractive FDI destination for 2008 -2010 (UNCTAD) Accessing Global k. Nowledge Page 76

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