Understanding the Roman Anatolia: A Beginner’s Guide
Anatolia, the peninsula that is now Turkey, was one of the most important regions of the Roman Empire, and its Roman centuries are written across the landscape in spectacular ruins.
Understanding the Seljuk Empire: A Beginner’s Guide
The Seljuk Empire is the great missing chapter in most people’s knowledge of Turkish history, and it is one of the most important.
Understanding the Ottoman Empire: A Beginner’s Guide
The Ottoman Empire ruled over a vast region for more than six hundred years, and its story is one of the great narratives of world history.
Understanding the Byzantine Empire: A Beginner’s Guide
The Byzantine Empire ruled from Constantinople, the city we now call Istanbul, for more than a thousand years, and it is one of history’s most misunderstood civilizations.
Understanding the Hittite Empire: A Beginner’s Guide
If you are new to ancient history, the Hittite Empire is one of the most rewarding civilizations to discover, and it happened to call modern Turkey home.
Karniyarik: A Taste of Turkish Culture
Karniyarik is not a dish of palaces or festivals; it is the food of the family table, the meal that fills Turkish homes with its warm aroma on ordinary evenings.
Hunkar Begendi: A Taste of Turkish Culture
Hunkar begendi is more than a recipe; it is a story that Turkey has told itself for centuries, a dish named for the approval of a sultan and built from the humblest of vegetables.
Turkish Simit Sandwiches: A Taste of Turkish Culture
The simit sandwich is more than a snack; it is a small portrait of Turkey, compressed between two golden halves of sesame bread.
Kumpir (Stuffed Baked Potato): A Taste of Turkish Culture
Kumpir is more than a stuffed baked potato; it is the taste of a particular place and moment, the Bosphorus breeze, the Ortakoy crowd, and the generous spirit of Turkish street food.
Kazandibi Dessert: A Taste of Turkish Culture
Every culture has its comfort sweets, and Turkey has kazandibi: a soft milk pudding with a caramelized bottom, born in legend from the bottom of a palace cauldron.
Turkish Flatbread (Bazlama): A Taste of Turkish Culture
In the villages of Turkey, the day is measured by bread. When the griddle heats and the first bazlama puffs into a golden pillow, the house is truly awake.
Turkish Soups (Corba): A Taste of Turkish Culture
Ask any Turk to name the food of home, and the answer will often be a soup.
