Turkish Culture

TURKEY

Turkey is a very interesting country. There culture name is Turkish. It is located in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. Its capital is Ankara, Climate is temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters. Population is 68,893,918.

In turkey 99.8 % are religious and are Muslim. Among certain obligations for Muslims are to pray five times a day at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening. The exact time is listed in the local newspaper each day. Friday is the Muslim holy day although this is not always used in Turkey. But, most males will attend the afternoon prayer. During the holy month of Ramazan all Muslims must fast from dawn to dusk. Fasting includes no eating, drinking, cigarette smoking, or gum chewing.

Turkish foods includes many different stews of vegetables and meat (mostly lamb and beef) borek , kebab , and dolma dishes; and a sourdough bread eaten with almost every meal. Borek is a pastry made of a lot of little layers of dough filled with cheese, spinach, and ground meat. Kebab is the common word for meat roasted in pieces or slices on a skewer or even as meatballs on a grill. Dolma is the generic name for dishes made of vegetables and leaves that are stuffed with or wrapped around rice or bulgur pilaf, ground meat, and spices. Turks favorite food is the eggplant. Turkish drinks include tea drunk throughout the day, coffee always taken after a meal, ayran (buttermilk), boza (a fermented drink taken in the winter), and rakî (a flavored brandy usually mixed with water). Carbonated drinks have become popular with young people, and beer gardens in the bigger cities have become place to chill for men.