Cuisine by country
53 restaurants enter Michelin’s first Istanbul guide
A total of 53 restaurants have spotlighted in the selection of the Michelin's first Istanbul Guide, with Fatih Tutak's "Turk" the only place to receive two stars for its "exceptional cuisine."
Located in the Şişli district on the European side, Turk "offers a modern and sophisticated stage for gourmets looking for typically Turkish flavors," the guide said.
Fortune-telling cafes against law, says expert
The existence of fortune-telling cafes, which are coffee shops where all kinds of fortune-telling arts are performed, such as Turkish coffee to hand and tarot card reading, is against the law, and their owners should be punished, suggests a lawyer.
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Smell of saute potato wafting through Bled
Bled – Smells of saute potato made with onions in “more than 99 ways” are wafting through Bled on Saturday as the lakeside town hosts the 22nd annual world festival of this traditional Slovenian dish.
Frying started at 9am with the official opening of the festival to follow at noon. Free tastings will be available into the late afternoon, along with other culinary delights.
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Climate change is uncovering gruesome mafia secrets in this Las Vegas lake
Like many other bodies of water in the world, Lake Mead is shrinking
Armenian descent man becomes Türkiye’s district governor for first time
A 27-year-old man has become the first district governor of Armenian descent in Türkiye's history.
"Berk Acar has been appointed as the district governor of the western province of Denizli's Babadağ district," reports Agos, an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Türkiye.
Turkish-Syriac student makes it to finals at CERN with team
A Syriac-Turkish high school student in the southeastern province of Mardin has made it to the finals in a competition organized by the European Nuclear Research Center (CERN) in Switzerland.
All is One | Athens | To March 14
The Black Duck Multiplarte gallery presents a solo exhibition by psychologist and painter Mari Prouzou. An allegory on life and the human soul, "All is One" redefines notions such as beauty, youth, and the gradual loss of abilities, in soft but colorful depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies. Admission is free of charge and opening hours daily 1-9 p.m.
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Çiğ Börek | Mucize Lezzetler
Mucize Lezzetler'in bugünkü menüsünde Çiğ Börek var!(Sponsorlu İçerik)
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Helping African scholars to spread their wings
The opportunity of traveling to Europe seemed elusive to Joseph Thukia, the child of a single-parent family in Kenya. That he'd be traveling to Greece seemed even more unlikely.
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Horse carriages banned for three months on Princes’ Islands after glanders outbreak
The Istanbul Governorate on Dec. 20 announced its decision to prohibit the use of horse carriages for three months, after 81 horses were killed on the Princes' Islands off Istanbul, following an outbreak of glanders, a fatal equine disease.