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Kas 25 Jan 2012 | 06:08 am
Kas (Kaş in Turkish. Pronounced ‘Kash’ in British English, where ‘a’ is as in ‘car’) is located about 170 kilometers (105 miles) to the west of the city of Antalya, in the south Mediterranean region. ...
Baklava 8 Jul 2011 | 03:37 am
Baklava is the Turks’ most important contribution to the world of desserts. It is made with flaky phyllo dough, layered with a pistachio or cinnamon-spiced walnut filling, and bathed in sweet syrup. I...
Manti 9 Jul 2010 | 11:43 pm
Turkish Cuisine is best known with kebabs abroad, but one of my favorite dishes is manti. I strongly recommend you to taste it during your visit. Little information on manti: Specially treated choppe...
Istanbul: Ortakoy 31 Mar 2010 | 02:47 am
Ortakoy (Ortaköy) is an authentic neighborhood on the European bank of Bosphorus. It is famous with open-air handcraft bazaar; as well as cafes, bars and restaurants with reasonable prices. I’d recomm...
Turkish Hors D’oeuvres (Meze) 13 Jan 2010 | 02:10 am
Meze is a generel term for appetizers, mainly to go with raki. These dishes are mainly olive oil based, and main ingredients are vegetables, yoghurt and sea foods. There are tens of different hors d’o...
Istanbul: Galata Tower 5 Nov 2009 | 01:46 pm
Galata Tower is a 650 year old, 67 meter tall stone tower. Built by Genoese colony as the tower of fortifications around Galata, but eventually used as fire lookout tower during Ottoman Empire. It ris...
Turkish Raki 16 Oct 2009 | 01:23 am
Raki is a traditional Turkish alcoholic beverage. First of all, I would like to write about the sociologic role of raki. Raki is not just a booze. You don’t drink it in a couple minutes in a pub. It i...
Istanbul: Leander’s Tower 24 Apr 2009 | 07:24 pm
Leander’s Tower (aka Maiden’s Tower, Kiz Kulesi in Turkish) is a small tower on an islet at the entrance of the Bosphorus from the Marmara Sea. There are numerous legends about the tower, heroes of wh...
Istanbul: Beyoglu, Taksim Square and Istiklal Street 11 Feb 2009 | 12:27 pm
What is there in Taksim? Simply everything! History, culture, art, shopping, entertainment of all kind, Turkish food, all kinds of people, rich and poor, cosy and posh, anything… It is where you shoul...
Istanbul: Palaces 5 Dec 2008 | 11:03 am
Istanbul hosted many empires through the history, the most important of which is the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire had reigned for nearly 600 years, and Istanbul had been the capital city since 1453 ...
