Cuisine

Turkey's southeastern provinces, which enjoyed a tourism boon during the de-facto cease-fire period between 2013 and the first half of 2015, are now facing a big decline in the number of visitors, with less tours heading to the region over security concerns.

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Bolu's Mengen Cookery School, known for its chefs, trains students for the food services industry. After a two-year education, students find positions all around the world in the finest places Abant ?zzet Baysal University's (AIBU) Mengen Cookery School, a vocational high school in the northwestern province of Bolu's Mengen district, trains chefs in the art of Ottoman and world cuisines. 

On the second day of the G-20 Summit in Antalya, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's spouse Emine Erdo?an, along with the spouses of other countries' leaders, visited the Cultural Field, where fine examples of Turkish cuisine and Turkish culture and arts were on display. 

The name of an upcoming annual street festival in the southern province of Adana has been changed amid controversy over its use of the word "rak?," a Turkish anise-based alcoholic drink consumed at the festival along with local foods and beverages. 

The first ever gastronomy conference targeting professionals in Turkey, the National Gastromasa Conference, will be held on Nov. 14 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Istanbul's ?i?li district.

World leaders visiting Turkey this weekend for the G-20 Summit will enjoy the famous "Turkish delight" as they will be gifted 21 boxes of sweets by a local producer on the instruction of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.   

Greek moussaka
The wonderful Akis Petretzikis has a fantastic moussaka recipe using baked vegetables instead of fried to make it that little bit lighter. Delicious layers of potato, aubergine, courgette and beef, all topped off with a creamy béchamel sauce and a handful of parmesan.

Serves: 6 Preparation time: 20 mins Cooking time:36 mins Ready in: 55 mins

Ingredients

1 small cabbage cut into small pieces

2 leeks, coarsely chopped

3-4 sprigs of celery, chopped

1½ cup of rice

1 tablespoon chopped mint (optional)

"Como te ves me vi
 Como me ves te versa"