Food & Music

Traditional Turkish grilled shish kebab or kebap.
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meze

Turkish food appetizers
Turkish Breakfast
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kahvaltı

Turkish delight, lokum
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lokum

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kebap

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mantı

Traditional Turkish bagel Simit
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simit

Baklava with Ground Pistachios
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baklava

Food

Turkish cuisine offers a wide variety of dishes, pastries and ​desserts. It can be best described as a fusion and refinement of ​Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Eastern ​European cuisines. Although meat-based dishes come to mind first, ​Turkish cuisine also offers a lot of vegan options.


While Turkish delight and baklava are the most well-known ​sweets/desserts from Türkiye, Turkish cuisine has plenty of ​desserts ranging from milk-based to fruit-based. There is also a ​wide selection of cakes, cookies and halvas.

Traditional Turkish grilled shish kebab or kebap.

Music

Top music genres in Türkiye

Türkiye has a very diverse music scene, with a wide range of different genres and styles being popular. Turkish music is often a mix of traditional Turkish and folk music, with influences from Western music. Some of Türkiye's most popular genres of music include pop, rock, hip-hop, and Turkish folk music.

Pop

Turkish pop music is a mix of Turkish folk music, classical music, and Western pop music.

Recommended use:

  • Party
  • Casual
  • Daily

Anatolian Rock

Turkish psychedelic rock is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock.

Recommended use:

  • Party
  • Casual
  • Daily

Hip-hop

Turkish hip hop uses Arabesk music, a folk style that finds its roots in Türkiye during the 1960s, and is influenced by the hip hop music of America and Germany.

Recommended use:

  • Party
  • Casual
  • Daily

Turkish Folk Music

Turkish folk music is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Türkiye, influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella.

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  • Local gatherings

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