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Turkey is positioned between the Far East Mediterrean sea, therefore they could gain mayjor trade routes
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Due to trade routes of the Chinese and Persians, they were influenced new cuisine such as noodles, manti which is a form of dumplings, cheese or meat stuffed dumplings
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The turks started moving westward towards richer soil
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The Turks moved westward towards rich soils and started growing crops such as wheat and barley. The Persians introduced new cuisine such as rice, various nuts, meat, fish stews, in return the Turks taught them how to cook bulgar wheat
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The turks moved further into Anatolia, they were introduced to chickpeas, figs, greek olive oil and abundance of seafood
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In 1200 as they moved further to Anatolia, they were introduced chichpeas, figs, greek ollive oil and abundance of seafood
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The perfect climate in Turkey allowed crops and animals to grow strong. It helped the country to establish a strong history and flavorful foods. Foods like fish in olive oil, yogurt salads, and stuffed vegetables have become the basis of Turkish foods.
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The turkish delight was invented by Bekir Effendi who opened a shop in 1776 based on a gel of starch and sugar. There are different varieties of turkish delight such as chopped dates, pistachios and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel
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Rakı was produced by distillation of grapes pomace obtained during wine fermentation in 1800 which became a famous drink of Turkey until now.
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In WW1 Turkish was taken over by foreign countries, soon they were introduced to French Hollandaise sauce and Western food chain which made their way to the modern Turkish diet
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After the fall of empire in WW1 Foreign dishes such as french hollandaise sause and western food chain also made their way into modern Turkish diet
