festivitiesThe joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated with heart and holler. After a month of fasting, this festival, celebrated in the presence of family and friends, brings about a myriad of colours, get together and mouth watering.
Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary election campaign is gaining momentum ahead of the May 14th vote. Trailing in the polls and facing his first electoral defeat in two decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has enlisted two small parties with the aim of boosting support for his People’s Alliance, composed of his Justice
Zafer Yenal, assistant professor of sociology at the Bogazici University in Istanbul, explains the important connection between political processes and the cuisine – and why the term "Turkish cuisine" is a new development only since the 1980s.