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December 15, 2011, 1 Comment

Street Eats Food&Wine, a famous magazine in the USA, made a list of ‘world’s best cities for street food’. There are 24 cities in the list and Istanbul is the …

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Keskek Under Unesco Protection

December 13, 2011, 3 Comments

Unesco News Keskek is one of the most popular wedding dishes in Turkish culture. And it is now under the protection of UNESCO. Turkey applied to UNESC ...

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October 29 Republic Day

October 29, 2011, 1 Comment

The Special Republic Day For Turkish People Today is the most important and special day in our Turkish history. October 29 is the day when republic wa ...

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Tapas And Paella Days In Turkey

October 28, 2011, 1 Comment

Tapas and Paella Days are being held at The Brasserie restaurant at Elite World Istanbul Hotel  between October 25 and November 4. The Brasserie, whi ...

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    Powerful Earthquake In Turkey
    October 23, 2011, 9 Comments

    A 7.2-magnitude earthquake  struck Van, a province at southeast region of Turkey at 1:41pm today. The final reports have said that it killed at least 85 people, hundreds of injured ...

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    A Food Name Change
    September 18, 2011, 12 Comments

    We have a traditional pastry named cigarette borek (sigara boregi in Turkish). It is made of phyllo filled with feta and parsley and then fried. Cigarette borek is in shape ...

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    Time For Horse Mackerel
    September 11, 2011, No comments

    The fishing season started in East Black Sea Region, Turkey on September 1.  It is reported that amount of horse mackerel caught increased by 50% when compared to last season. ...

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    Tourists Gain Weight In Turkey
    July 30, 2011, 8 Comments

    It is found out in a survey in England that tourists return home about 6lb heavier after a two-week vacation in Turkey. The survey was made by a well known ...

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    400 Women 400 Turkish Dishes
    July 10, 2011, 1 Comment

    Buyukcekmece, Istanbul International Culture and Art Festival welcomed people from all around the world this year. It was the 12th aniversary of the festival and about 1000 people from countries ...

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    Turkish Cucumber Is Clean
    June 6, 2011, 1 Comment

    No risk for Turkey! The outbreak in Germany is said to be caused by cucumbers imported from Spain. Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with a lethal strain of E.coli ...