تاريخ اسطنبول قطعة قراءة ستيب رقم 39

نص القطعة

1- Turkey is a country located mainly in Western Asia, with a small portion inSoutheast Europe.It is one of the world's earliest permanently settled regions. Its capital is Istanbul, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople. It is the most populous city in Turkey. It is the economic, cultural and historical center of the country. The commercial and historical center is located on the European side and about one third of its population live in the suburbs on the Asian side of the Bosporus. 2-In 1514, Sultan Selim I (successfully expanded the empire's southern and eastern borders by defeating Shah Ismail I of the Safavid dynasty in the Battle of Children. In 1517, Selim I expanded the reign of Ottoman empire and he ruled into Algeria and Egypt, and created a naval presence in the Red Sea. 3-In 1991, the big event happened, the independence of the Turkic states of the Soviet Union, which allowed Turkey to extend its economic and political relations deep into Central Asia.