Turkish cuisine

Stews & stories

Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey was recently added to the UNESCO World Creative Cities Network in the category of gastronomy. This is a city with a deep history of cuisine with countless stories and legends attached to its numerous dishes. Here is one, and more:

Vegans in the Kebab Belt

Turkish kebab and Turkish delight are probably the duo that comes to one's mind when one thinks of Turkish cuisine. Well, yes, Turks eat kebab and nearly every city has a kebab cooking method of its own. But for some, it is all about maça, spirulina, chia and almond milk these days. 

UK loves Greek yoghurt

Greek yoghurt exports to the United Kingdom amounted 28.76 million pounds in the January-November period in 2015, up 24.35 pct from the previous year, ranking Greece second after France in yoghurt supplies to the UK.

Baklava, the favorite pastry for Turkish feasts

Baklava is one of the most popular sweets in Turkey, as well as in the Middle East and Balkan countries, and seduces locals and tourists alikeThe cuisine of Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep earned praise in December 2015, as it was added to UNESCO's list of "The Creative Cities Network" on gastronomy, a network that launched in 2004 and comprises 116 cities worldwide.

Armed men 'attack' rak? festival in southern Turkey

A group of armed men reportedly opened fire and chanted anti-alcohol slogans at an annual rak? festival in the southern province of Adana on Dec. 12.

The group fired into the air with shotguns and threatened festivalgoers, who escaped in panic from the streets of the Kazanc?lar Bazaar of Adana's Yüre?ir district, where the festival was being celebrated.

Tyropita that’s worth having sex for!

Social media has gone wild over the so-called study that states that Greek women are being forced by the economic crisis to sell their bodies for the price of a tyropita (roughly 2 euros). Of course, some tyropita recipes are better than others. Here’s one that combines feta, manouri and yoghurt! Delicious when warm or cold and just right and wholesome for the entire family…

Every Turkish girl's dream: Making börek

Baking börek is not rocket science. Any idiot can do it. It is a trap for girls. Have you ever seen a man say he will learn how to make börek so his marriage can last? Börek is a Turkish pastry. We even have a song for it: ?Börekler açar?m sana,? (I will make böreks for you) by Nazan Öncel. I was going to give the link to the song but I listened to it and decided not to.

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