Culture/Art
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Celebrating Wheat’s 8,000-Year-Old History in Turkey
in Culture/ArtAugapfel/CC BY 2.0 Fresh-baked bread in Istanbul. The history of wheat goes back a long way in Anatolia — 8,000 years or so. In fact, […]
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Kazakh Diaspora in Turkey
Posted on November 8, 2011 by ok4u2bu Over 20 thousand Kazakhs live in Turkey today. The Kazakh diaspora in Turkey originates from the migration wave […]
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“000Kitap”: The Book That Is Scandalizing Istanbul
in Culture/ArtPosted by Jenna Krajeski This month marked the thirtieth annual Istanbul Book Fair, an eight-day marketplace for new books and publishers in Turkey. The guest […]
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Madonna set for İstanbul concert in June, report says
in Culture/ArtThe moment Madonna fans in Turkey have been waiting for for years may finally arrive next summer. It is looking increasingly likely that the glittering […]
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World Wide Words: Talking Turkey
in Culture/ArtNames for a much-travelled bird About 1530, a new dish began to be put on English tables, a fowl a little larger than the traditional […]
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Turkeys aren’t turkish
in Culture/ArtIn the scientific name for the turkey, Meleagris gallopava, the genus component came from Greek mythology. Meleager was the son of a Calydonian king. When […]