Meat

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call for Turkish citizens to convert their foreign exchange into Turkish Liras or gold has triggered campaigns across the country, some of which can be defined as "odd."

A variation of a family recipe with rich aroma and spicy flavor.

Serves: 6 Preparation time: 30m Cooks in: 40m Ready in: 1h 10m

Ingredients

For the meatballs

Greek consumers are eating more and more fruit and vegetables, while consuming ever less meat, eggs and milk. This shift in eating habits comes not thanks to aims to eat more healthily, but rather due to the drop in household spending due to the continued crisis.

At least eight animals including stray dogs and cats were found dead in the Güzelbağ neighborhood of the southern province of Antalya, as residents suspected the animals were deliberately fed poisoned meat, which may have harmed more animals in the area. 

The Marmara Research Center (MAM) of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK) has developed a test to swiftly detect whether there is pork in halal meat, after investing almost $125,000 over more than two years.

At first glance, this creature appears to be a grotesque blob of matter with a disturbing, slimy proboscis.

But, it is actually one of nature’s most cunning survival tactics at work.

Turkish police seized over a ton of smuggled meat in the Enez district of the western province of Edirne bordering Greece on April 4, in the latest attempt to smuggle cheaper meat into the country.

To help promote National Butchers’ Week, Meat Trades Journal launched a competition to find the sexiest butcher in UK. Its aim was to provide a platform for butchery businesses to promote the trade and help to endorse the industry as a sexy and relevant career path to take.

When at the start of a recent weekly briefing, the Romanian government spokesman offered journalists some slices of dry sausage, it was not only a surprising move but a sound PR stunt.

"We want to share the joy of this moment with you, as Sibiu Salami has just become a protected product in the European Union," spokeperson Dan Suciu told his audience.

Turkish police and Coast Guard teams seized over 2.5 tons of smuggled meat, probably from Greece, in two separate operations in the Enez district of the northwestern province of Edirne on March 15, officials have said.

During routine checks, Enez Coast Guard teams noticed bags that were being transferred from a vessel to a vehicle parked in the Enez port.