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Welcome to the final issue of the year!

It’s been a wonderful year in the Açı Pulse club, and the students have worked hard to create a final magazine.

Insıde you’ll find info on school trips, local businesses, football stars and more. Thanks for reading, and we hope you will join us again next year!

Gülcan İsmail, Tolunay Aktanır and John Dugan

Açı Pulse Staff Advisors In This Issue

School News 3 Lifestyles 5 Entertainment 7

Sports 8 Contributors Bahçeköy campus: Sarıyer campus: Selin Elcheik Teoman Özaydın Defne Genç Selin Seskır Bengisu Baysal Emir Ziya Demir Maya Vahabzadeh Serena Bilmen Aksel Berk Ömer Uğural Morel İleri Emre Pinto Alp Altınok Sassan Vahabzadeh Yurda Karahasan Ahmet Karadeniz Deniz Hakman Elay Sungur

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Our principal: Tulip Festival brings beauty to Emirgan

Ms. Saliha By Serena Bilmen and Selin Seskır Açı Pulse Reporters Emirgan Park is a park Aslan speaks right in the middle of Emirgan. It is surrounded By Selin Seskır, Sassan by trees and is very Vahabzadeh, Elay Sungur peaceful. It is a great and Deniz Hakman place to have a beautiful Açı Pulse Reporters walk. From the 1st to the Reporters from Açı Pulse 30th of April was the sat down with Açı Middle Tulip Festival in Emirgan School principal Saliha Q: Have you worked at Park. The tulip was Aslan for interviews twice other schools? originally a wild flower this year, once in the first A: I have worked at one grown in Central Asia and term and once in the other school, TED High was first cultivated by the Turks as early as fourth. Here are some of School. 1000 AD. The flower was her answers. Q: Do you have children? introduced in Westen Q: Which university did A: Yes, I have two Europe and the Nether- you graduate from? children, Ali and Kerim. lands in the 17th century A: Boğaziçi University. Q: What do you do in by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Q: How long have you your free time? Vienna, Austria. been doing this job? A: Read books. A: Ten years. Q: Who was your role Q: When did you start model when you were doing this job? growing up? A: 2003. A: My English teacher.

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Edirne shines for Açı students By Emre Pinto Açı Pulse Reporter Students from grade 7 took a field trip to Edirne this spring, where they got to tour many important Turkish monuments. Among those were an Ottoman-era hospital, the largest synagogue in Turkey and Selimiye Mosque. Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in is one of the greatest Edirne that Mimar Sinan achievements of Islamic built for Selim II. This architecture. Selimiye mosque was built Mosque has four minarets between 1569 and 1575. on it. Inside, the mosque It was considered by Sinan is one of the biggest in to be his masterpiece and Turkey.

Above: Students sit on the floor of Selimiye Mosque and admire the patterns painted inside. The largest synagogue in Turkey was under construction while Açı students visited. Left: Selimiye Mosque, one of the largest in Turkey, built in 1575. Below: Students visited an Ottoman hospital museum and had lunch along the river. Photos by John Dugan.

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Ceviz Café serves up local treats

Açı Pulse Staff MC: It was founded in Reporters from Açı Pulse 2006 in Göktürk. visited Ceviz Café last week AP: Do you cook your own and tasted their delicious food or do you buy it from food. They interviewed outside? Miss Çiğdem, who has been MC: We cook our own happily working there since food. We import the food 2011. Oya Özgen, the daily from our main branch. owner of Ceviz Café, was AP: Who are your not there when we visited. customers? Açı Pulse: Where does the MC: People come here name “Ceviz” come from? from all over Istanbul, but Miss Çiğdem: There is a of course people from walnut tree in the garden. Zekeriyaköy and Bahçeköy The name of the café are our loyal customers. Members of the Açı Pulse team visit Ceviz Cafe in Bahçeköy. comes from that tree. There is the [Forestry Göktürk and Etiler. “mantı” and caterpillar- AP: Do you have a Department] close to here. AP: We saw a “Ceviz Café” shaped cookies are very selection of vegetarian Students and teachers from in Edirne, is it related to popular. meals? the faculty come here a lot. this one? AP: How many days a MC: We don’t serve And of course Açı School’s MC : No, it’s not related to week is Ceviz open? vegetarian food but we do teachers. us. MC: Ceviz is open every not use food additives AP: Do you have any other AP: What is your special day from 8 o’clock in the either. branches? recipe? morning to 9 o’clock in the AP: When was Ceviz MC : Yes, we have two MC: We do not really have evening. founded? other branches. They are in a special recipe but our

Wake-Up Café opens to middle school students

Açı Pulse Staff decided 3 months ago. AP: How do you decide helpers. Reporters from Açı Pulse AP: Will you expand the on what to sell that week? AP: Whose idea was it to interviewed with Grade 7 café? AB: They talk it over and open up the café in the first student Affan Belgü, who is AB: They [are profitable, Selin Esin decides every place? responsible for the Wake- so] they could consider it. Wednesday what [we] AB: It was the students’ Up Café on Açı Schools’ AP: Where does the should sell. choice to open up a cafe Bahçeköy Campus. money the café makes go? AP: What type of food and the Principal accepted Açı Pulse Students: Why AB: The money goes to a does the café serve? their request. is the name of the cafe hospital for kids with AB: They serve healthy AP: Who was this café Wake-Up Café? cancer. snacks for students, not open to before? Affan Belgü: So people AP: Who opened the Café junk food. AB: Only the high can drink coffee there and in the first place, and AP: How did you get schoolers were able to use wake up. when? involved in this? Who is in the cafe until this year. AP: Is this project made AB: The café was opened charge of the café? From this year on it is open by the high school? three years ago by two Açı AB: I am in charge of the to middle schoolers as well. AB: Yes, it is. They students. café but I have many 5

Organic foods thrive at İstinye Park bazaar Açı Pulse Staff on the European side. One Açı Pulse reporters located in Bakırköy Airport traveled to İstinye Park to Outlet Center, and the interview the people other one located in working at the Organic Levent Kanyon Shopping Food Bazaar. Centre. There are three Q: Why are organic markets available on Finding media treasures fruits and vegetables more Saturdays, in Feriköy, expensive than non- Beylikdüzü and at D&R İstinye Park organic ones? Zeytinburnu. There are Açı Pulse Staff sellers at the moment. I’ll A: Organic foods are two bazaars on Sunday. At İstinye Park, a group give you names of the first grown without pesticides, They are in Kartal and of Açı Pulse reporters were three of them. They are: chemical fertilizers or Mecidiyekoy (Profilo). able to interview the It’s Not How Good You Are, genetically altered seeds. It Q: Is the organic food people working in the It’s How Good You Want to takes a few years to bazaar temporary or popular D&R store. The Be by Paul Arden; The prepare soil to produce permanent? staff were really kind and Decision Book: Fifty Models high-quality organic crops. A: Our organic food friendly. They answered all for Strategic Thinking by This is where most of the bazaar is permanent, our questions although Roman Tschappeler; and extra cost comes from, unlike the others. they were super busy. lastly Wreck This Journal: plus composting and Q: When was the AP: When and where To Create is to Destroy by natural pesticides are organic food bazaar did D&R open its first Keri Smith. store? AP: What does D&R more expensive than founded? Are you satisfied D&R: D&R was founded stand for? chemical fertilizers. That’s with the result? in November 1996 and D&R: It’s an abbrevation why organic fruits and A: We opened the opened up its first store in for Doğan and Raks Group, vegetables are more organic food bazaar in Erenköy in May 1997. who are the owners. expensive. 2007. We are very satisfied AP: Do you have any AP: How many books do Q: Where do you get with the results since then. branches in foreign you sell per week? your vegetables and fruits? Q: Is it possible to grow countries? D&R: It’s hard to tell the A: We buy the organic food in gardens? D&R: We do not have amount of books we sell vegetables and fruits from A: As I said before, if you any branches in foreign because it changes from a wholesale market hall do not use any pesticides, countries at the moment. week to week. in Bayrampaşa. chemical fertilizers or AP: What are your best- AP: How many D&Rs are Q: Are there other genetically altered seeds, it selling items? there in Turkey? organic food bazaars in is possible for you to grow D&R: Our best-selling D&R: There are 148 Istanbul? organic food in your items are books, mostly D&Rs in 26 cities in Turkey. novels and comics. AP: What do you look A: There are many gardens. But you have to AP: What are your for in your employees? organic food bazaars in wait for a couple of years current best-selling books? D&R: We look for smart Istanbul. Two of them are for the soil to become D&R: We have 20 best- and cheerful employees. available on Fridays, both ready for organic seeding. 6

‘Divergent’ exciting for all By Deniz Hakman they are different. They and Elay Sungur are different because they Açı Pulse Reporters are Divergent—a person Divergent is about a who does not belong only future in which people in one faction. are put into factions based So this is the story of on their personalities. Beatrice Prior. She took People can be in the test and then she Abnegation, Dauntless, learned that she was Erudite, Candor or Amity. Divergent. Divergents are When children reach the threats to the factions. age of 16, their faction is They are dangerous. But chosen either based on a she makes her choice of personality test, or based Dauntless (the brave on what they want to faction) and turns her choose. name into Tris. Then she The test discovers the must hide that she is factions they are best for. Divergent. Here is some The brave faction The thoughtful faction But if the test doesn’t work information about the on someone, that means factions:

The selfless faction The truthful faction The peaceful faction Haribo sweets a treat for years

By Deniz Hakman his son, also named Hans and Ahmet Karadeniz Riegel, took over the Açı Pulse Reporters company. Haribo is a German candy Haribo is one of the company, founded in 1920 biggest companies that by Johannes Riegel. makes gummy and jelly Haribo’s main factory is in sweets in the world. Its Germany. Haribo made the main products are gummy first gummy candy in 1922 bears, other jelly sweets, when Hans Riegel made and licorice. There are five the first little gummy factories in Germany and bears. After Hans Riegel 13 throughout the rest of died during World War II, Europe. 7

World Cup to feature top stars By Ömer Uğural, Emre championships with Pinto and Yurda Karahasan Galatasaray and a total of Açı Pulse Reporters eight championships. The The World Cup is being striker of Galatasaray is held in Brazil this year and 1.88 meters tall, and he will be very exciting for scored 32 goals last season everyone. Here is a look at and four goals during the some of the top footballers current season. He has a in the world, both in Turkey total of 99 goals in the and elsewhere: Turkish league. Hakan Şükür Roberto Mancini Hakan Şükür Andrea Pirlo Hakan Şükür is a Turkish Mancini is the current footballer. He was born on 2003 he was transferred to manager of Galatsaray. He career with the club the first of September, the English Premier League was born in 1964. He Juventus. Pirlo is known for 1971, in Adapazarı. He team Blackburn Rovers. achieved his biggest his control, technique, retired in 2009. He played Then he went back to successes while he was the dribbling, incredible vision, as a striker and was the top Galatasaray for a while and manager of Sampdoria. He inventive play, and his goal scorer in the Turkish he played for 5 years. After started his career at accurate passing ability. He League. He was also the 2008 he ended his career. Fiorentina when he was 35 is also a set-piece and top goal scorer on the Now he is a business man and continued his carrier at penalty kick specialist who Turkish National team and and a member of a Turkish Lazio, both Italian clubs. In is known for his long the 19th top scorer in the Parliament. 2009, he started his career distance shooting and world. He scored 383 goals Burak Yılmaz at Manchester City. He won passing. Pirlo started his in his club career. He started his career in a total of 12 trophies. career in Brescia. During his In his youth, he played for Antalyaspor, and he is now Andrea Pirlo career in Inter Milan he had Sakaryaspor, and he signed a legend. He is currently Andrea Pirlo is an Italian few chances to play, so he his first professional playing for Galatasaray SK. soccer legend in his early was loaned to Reggina, and contract for Bursaspor in He won four thirties. He continues his another season to his old 1990. In 1992 he got club, Brescia. After three transferred to Galatsaray, seasons with Inter, he was which was the best team in sold to AC Milan for £18 Turkey at the time. Then an million. His most successful Italian Serie A team, Torino, time was in Milan, and he transferred him in 1995, spent most of his career but he didn’t play, and he there. After 10 years of went back to Galatasaray. adventure in AC Milan, he In 2000, he was transferred transferred to Juventus for to Inter Milan and he free. He won three league played very well. The teams championship in a row with in Serie A were interested Juventus. He continues his in him. He was transferred career as a maestro of to another Serie A team, Juventus. Parma, in 2002. Then in Roberto Mancini

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Champions League more exciting than ever this year

Kobenhavn 3-1 at Türk their own stadium. Telekom Arena. Milan and Manchester United Barcelona drew 1-1. defeated Bayer Leverkusen By Emre Pinto and Yurda cup. The final was played at Dortmund beat Arsenal 2-1 5-0. Karahasan Estadio Da Luz in Lisbon, at Emirates Stadium. Real Dortmund beat Napoli 3-1. Açı Pulse Reporters Portugal. The top scorer in defeated Juventus 2-1 in The last round was the This year the Euro Champions League history their own stadium. Chelsea most exciting ones. The Champions League was is Raul Gonzalez. In the beat Schalke 3-0 in Galatasaray-Juventus very competitive. Thirty- group stage this year, the Germany. match was postponed two teams in eight groups top scorer was Cristiano In the fourth round, the because of snow, and they fought to win the cup, and Ronaldo from Real Madrid. shocking result was against played the match on a the Spanish team Real In the first match, the Kobenhavn and Wednesday at 3 pm. Madrid finally won. Last amazing score was Galatasaray. Kobenhavn Galatasaray won the match year Bayern Munich won between Galatasaray and beat Galatasaray 1-0. 1-0, and they finished the cup. This year the Real Madrid. The match Arsenal second in the group. Napoli favorites were Bayern, Real finished -6 1 and the winner defeated Dortmund 1-0 at defeated Arsenal 2-0, and Madrid and Barcelona. was Real Madrid. In the Signal İduna Park. In the they went to the Europa Galatasaray was the only same group Kobenhavn fifth round Real Madrid Cup. club from Turkey. Real and Juventus drew 1-1. The beat Galatasaray 4-1 in Madrid has won the most, shocking outcome was that with now 10 Champions Chelsea lost against Basel League cups. No team from in their home stadium 2-1. Turkey has ever won the In the second round, Galatasaray and Juventus drew 2-2. Bayern defeated Manchester City 3-1 at Etihad Stadium. Paris won 3 -0 against Benfica. The third round was the best. Galatasaray beat

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