When you see the title, it sounds unreal, unbelievable right? Yes, it is! It is even hard to believe for us, for the Turks. But, it is more than a rumor! Believe or not, the eminent “American” folk musician Bob Dylan is a Turkish descent. Turkish people tend to believe that the whole nationalities, identities…
Visiting Turkey in the post-coronavirus period is one of the most anticipated questions lately. Following the normalization processes in the world’s countries, governments started open borders and both internal and external flights. Daily life also began to normalize. Most-affected countries such as the UK, France, Italy, Spain, even the US have already decided bars, cafes,…
Turkish poet Yunus Emre was a great Turkish thinker as well as his poet identity who has been a leading light for humanity. The poet has been guiding people for centuries with his suggestions to adopt the values. So, these values are such as patience, satisfaction, tolerance, generosity, goodness, and virtue. His main purpose in…
This year Turkey will be represented by a talented young man: Can Bonomo in the Eurovision 2012 song contest hosted in Bakü-Azerbaijan. It will be a very tough contest this year, England will be represented by her worldwide award-winner star Adele, Germany will be represented by Rammstein, and such a contest will be a league…
Turkish psychedelic rock star Gaye Su Akyol is the trending name of the last decade. She takes the stage in several pubs or concert halls in Istanbul. With her completely different style in music, Gaye Su Akyol represents the 1970s Turkish psychedelic rock music. And moreover, she carries that music from that period to nowadays….
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards is on the way! So, the international music awards, which commonly considered as the Oscar of Music Awards, is going to be on the stage on January 26, 2020. Jasper Verhulst and singer Merve Daşdemir lead the Anatolian rock band Altın Gün. And so, the band has gained to be…
Here we are again in front of you with a list of the most popular Turkish Instagram accounts. With around 1bn monthly active users, Instagram is a massive platform and hugely popular all over the world. With the rise of influencers, people can even make a living there (or at least get some free stuff). Scroll…
In the last decade, uncommon restaurants and stylish Turkish chefs became a trend both in Turkey and the world. Indeed, we prepared a list of them on our website. In our The Best 13 Turkish Chefs on the Instagram article, we listed some of them for you. So, today is the turn for Baruthane Pilavcısı…
The Turkish word “simit” has finally entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The dictionary defined simit as a type of bread often coated with molasses and covered in sesame seeds. And so, it is originating in Turkey. Simit is widely famous as “Turkish bagels” in the world. These skinny rings of sesame-seed-covered dough are a ubiquitous sight…
As you can all imagine, Turkish cuisine has many delicious and diverse tastes. The first must-do thing for travellers who visit Turkey is to taste Turkish foods. They can prefer to do this either in a casual street food seller or in a luxury restaurant. So, you can undoubtedly find millions of both in any part…