Baris

It’s me again, but this time I’ll be talking about Turkey (just to please FD!)

Too many things to say…where should I start… Well, as a Turkish living in the UK, what I most miss about Turkey is certainly the FOOD and the SUN !!! :D

And the liveliness in the streets as well, the colourful markets, the Mediterranean landscape, the hospitality of people, the orange trees, the calls to prayer from the minarets, the warm atmosphere between neighbours, the amazing respect pupils have for their teachers, etc etc…

Of course, Turkey is not Paradise, it has its bad sides as well (e.g. you have to be extremely brave (or really mad ) to drive on Turkish roads!)

Well, if you have any questions about Turkey, I’d be glad to answer.

Korkma, sönmez bu şafaaaaaklarda yüzen al sancaaaaaaak!
(=National anthem)

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The_FD

I take the occasion to write down here a few of the best turkish meals, I mean my favorites

Menemem (or melemem): kind of mix vegetables and eggs, deadly good :D
beurek: (it's an entry) paste with parsley in it
very well known tea and coffe of course
All the meze (entry) they have with all kinds of cold vegetables

And if you are there by september just catch some figs, that is so good to remove theme from the trees


I also would like to get senni comfortable, the turkish roads are not the worst ever, you should go to indonesia, you'll see there what is real mad driving.

So long, talk to you soon

Baris

I also madly love böreks! :D
Especially gözleme, I'm sure you know, it's sold everywhere, and women are making it outside in front you, it may have different fillings: potatoes, minced meat with onion, spinach, cheese, mushrooms and even nettles!!!
All of them delicious!!
That's it! Now I feel deadly hungry....

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The_FD

You're right I love gozleme too, I just forgot them in my list of favorites

Bon appetit
Hope you have a turkish restaurant next to where you live, I do have one

Baris

You're lucky! There must be at most 1 or 2 "doner-kebab" (so no real Turkish restaurants anyway) in the whole of N.Ireland! I read that there were only around 70 Turkish people here few and far between... so much less than in Paris, isn't it?!

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bernhard

as a veggie, i like Fallafel .... but i think its more libanese.... but its often made by TUrkish people too, here in europe

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suggestions ?

The_FD

Sure, we have a big turkish community in Paris not as big as in Germany but still a big one. France and Turkey used to be friendly country, that's why we have a big turkish imigration and they have such a good french school in Istanbul (Galatasaray).

I know an association in Paris that helps the turkish people coming over, it's elele (it means something like give me your hand i believe) You can see it at http://www.elele.info/ (french or turkish speaking only but i know you won't matter )

By the way I have discovered by traveling to Turkey that Turkish language took quite a lot of words from the french... but they got the writing a bit different to keep more or less the pronounciation which makes things very funny :D