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  Say “CHEESE”!

  Written by Umut on May 26th, 2011 in Eat & Drink, Living in Turkey, Turkish Culture6 Comments
  
  My love for cheese is so big that almost makes me believe I was a mouse in my previous life! It’s a “must have” in my cooler and I can eat it any time of the day. Although I do not know the history of cheese but I know for sure that it has a special place in Turkish cuisine. For those who needs to know what cheese is Turkish Food Regulation described it as a dairy product with particular taste, aroma and consistency, produced by coagulating raw milk, UHT milk or milk cooked at 72 degrees for two minutes...

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  Booozaaa!

  Written by Umut on March 14th, 2011 in Eat & Drink3 Comments
  
  Despite of the cold weather in winter, there are some nice traditions that can warm up your soul… As an Istanbullite, one of the nicest tradition of winter is a famous local drink called “Boza“. Made from a fermented grain, boza is a cold drink served with cinnamon and roasted chick peas. It has a thick consistency with a little acidic sweet flavor and low alcohol content (usually around 1%). This tasty drink’s history dates back to thousand years ago in Mesopotamia. It’s said that because of its vitamin contents (A, B and E) it was mostly drunk by the...

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  FashionISTAN-BUL

  Written by Umut on February 8th, 2011 in Living in Turkey3 Comments
  
  If Paris, New York, London and Milan are the main cities of fashion industry, Istanbul might be the next most popular city of fashion world. After being the culture capital in 2010, the city is ready to shine as the next fashion capital. Although Turkey is more involved in manufacturing, events like fashion weeks help to raise the country’s global profile in the industry. In the past days, the fourth Istanbul Fashion Week 2011 organized by ITKIB organization (Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Associations), Fashion Designers Association (MTD), the United Brands Association (UBA) and the Istanbul Fashion Academy ( IMA)...

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  Masha’Allah, No Evil Eye Will Envy You, Insh’Allah!

  Written by Umut on May 7th, 2010 in Turkish Culture3 Comments
  
  I’m a person who believes in energy. And call it superstitious but, among different forms of energy, I believe evil eye has been the most effective one in my life…  Especially common in the Middle Eastern culture, evil eye is believed to be able to cause bad luck on the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy, dislike or jealousy. In Hebrew it is called “ayin ha’ra” (the evil eye), in Italian “mal occhio” (the bad eye) , in Spanish “mal ojo or el ojo” (the bad eye or just the eye), in French “Mauvais Oeil” ,...

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