800 years ago, during the Seljuk Dynasty, a fountain was built in a poor village near Ankara. The legend says that if the man drinks water from this fountain, he will be married twice. But the women can’t drink that, because they will lose their husbands. This fountain is the first one built in Anatolia; its name is Yılman. There is another fountain in Istanbul, called the same. The water temperature is cold in spring; in wintertime, the weather is warm. (The Story of the Fountain)
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In Beydili village, there is miller, who receives wheat from the locals, with which he makes bread for 
everybody. A story says that a local wanted to take his bread first, but the miller said: “Do not make me angry. If you make me angry, I will call my ghost!” The local didn’t believe that and said “Let’s call him!” the miller said “Bisss”. Something crashed the door, and the local got scared. He wanted to escape, but, when he opened the door, there were many cats staring at him. Since then, the local never did that again. He lived as a respectable miller in Beydili with the other villagers and all cats. (The Story of the Miller)
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There is a monastery hidden in the mountain in Beydili. The legend says that the priests built it before the Ottoman Empire to protect the monastery from dangerous people. They lived their lives in the monastery, producing their own food and trying to stay as hidden as they could. After they had died, the people found the monastery and their graves. They died trying to protect their religion. (The Story of the Monastery)
Group Work:
Andrei Cirlanaru and Ozan Erdogan
George Costea and Eray Yigit
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