Turkish food is yummy, and it has a wide range of dishes. If you are a vegetarian, do not worry because there are several dishes with vegetables in Turkish cuisine. Vegetables and fruits are fairly cheap in Turkey. Turkish people like eating delicious food. Homemade food is highly preferred though even if you go to the smallest towns, the city …

Baklava is a very popular Turkish dessert made on the basis of the French dough (Turkish Yufka). As it is said the best one comes from Gaziantep, although baklava in its present form has evolved in the sultan’s kitchens of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, where sultan treated the janissaries with this delicious sweet on the fifteenth day of Ramadan, during …

It’s sweet, it’s healthy and the most important part – it’s delicious! Pestil comes from eastern areas of Turkey and the most popular version is from Malatya. Produced from fruits- specifically from apricot (although you can also find a version made of mulberries and grapes). Pestil doesn’t have a lot of ingredients- just cooked fruits which are spread in a …

Basically, the Aşure day is always at the same day according to Islamic calendar which is a lunar calendar, but it means it will not be always at the same day according to the Gregorian calendar which is a solar one. Every year this day is celebrated in the tenth day of the month of Muharram, the first month according …

Did you know that Turkish chefs made the biggest omelette in the world!? They broke the Guinness Record! Everything happened during World Egg Day ( 09.10.10 ) events in the capital city of Turkey- Ankara. Turkish chefs set a new world record by using 432 liters of oil and 110,000 eggs! The weight of the omlette was ar…ound six tonnes and …

Fast, tasty, crispy! What do you need more! Perfect for a snack but also works as an entire meal! Ready in less than 5 minutes! Sounds perfect, isn’t it 😉 What are we talking about? Lahmacun! It’s very popular across Turkey and it is called as Turkish pizza. A flat, thin crust, crispy dough with beef or lamb, onions, herbs …

Içli köfte is a well-known dish in middle-east but called differently (kibbeh). Other names for the dish derive either from the Persian word کوفته kofteh (literally “ground [meat]”), such as the Turkish içli köfte 🙂 So what does içli köfte has inside? -bulghur -minced onions -beef, lamb, goat or camel meat How simple is it :)? And how tasty! The …

Çanakkale is a legendary city. Legendary in the sense that it is ancient and it is still beautiful. Troy is the other city located on both sides of a Strait in Turkey. Have you seen the movie, Troy? Welcome the homeland of Troy. There are a variety of things to do in Çanakkale: sightseeing, which includes both the green and …

Gaziantep is one of the most crowded cities in the southeast part of Turkey. This city, At the same time, is one of the most developed cities in Turkey. The industry is also developed well. It is divided into two metropole districts; Şehitkamil and Şahinbey. Gaziantep is the oldest city in the world that is still inhabited because of its …

Eskişehir is a medium-sized city to the South East of Bursa and the last major stop before Ankara. According to the census 2009, the population of the city is 631,905. The name Eskişehir means Old City in Turkish. The city was founded by the Phrygians. Phrygians artifacts and sculptures can still be found in the city’s archeological museum. Eskişehir is …