Muğla’s pine honey: what to know before you take a jar home
By Aditya Lakher In autumn, jars of çam balı (pine honey) fill market stalls across Muğla, and with good reason. Turkey produces most of the world’s pine honey, and much of the country’s production comes from this province, where red pine forests cover the coast and climb into the surrounding hills. What is pine honey? […]
Celebrating 103 years of the Republic of Turkey
Republic Day, or Cumhuriyet Bayramı, commemorates the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923 and is one of the most important official public holidays and national festivals in the country. History of Turkish Republic Day On October 29, 1923, the newly recognized Turkish parliament proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, […]