The variety of products offered by the lands of Asia and Anatolia
- Interaction with numerous different cultures over a long historical process
- The new tastes developed in the palace kitchens of the Seljuk and Ottoman Empires
Have all played a part in shaping the character of todays culinary culture. Authentic Turkish food comes with lots of eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, grilled kebabs, yogurt sauces and a rich variety of desserts & sweets.
Notes:
- Turkey is the only country of the world where a dessert, -milk pudding- is cooked with using chicken breast.
- Nature allows to grow tea untouched by External chemical-technical processes.
- Europeans have learned about caffee from Turks in the 16th C. being exported from Kufa/Somali through Moka/Yemen.
The diversity of cultures rooted deeply in history reflects itself in Turkey's music. Main genres: Traditional/Local Music,
- Turkish Classical Music
- Modern Turkish Classical Music
Popular Music.
Leyla Gencer is Turkish opera singer known as "La Diva Turca" and / or "La Regina" internationally, exceeding Maria Callas.
Mercan Dede (DJ Arkın Allen) is composer, ney and bendir player, DJ and producer, a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditionally acoustic Turkish and other oriental genres with electronic sounds
Sertab Erener is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with her hit song Every Way That I Can.
Tarkan, is an award-winning pop nd World Music singer, one of a few singers who has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English. He is often cited as the "Turkish Prince of Pop"
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