The fascinating culture of Wishing Trees
Your hopes and dreams, whatever they may be. Entrust them to the Wishing Tree … A Wishing Tree is an individual tree that has been chosen specifically and is used as an object of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. People will come to these trees […]
Fethiye Times News – Week Ending 10th September 2023
Welcome to our pick of last week’s news from Fethiye and around Türkiye. Curated from various news sources. NEWS One dead and nine injured in safari vehicle accident One passenger died and another nine were injured when a safari vehicle overturned in Alanya district of Antalya on Friday. The accident occurred at the D-400 highway […]
Fethiye Times News – Week Ending 3rd September 2023
Welcome to our pick of last week’s news from Fethiye and around Türkiye. Curated from various news sources. NEWS Rain expected in Fethiye After months of hot temperatures, the weather in Fethiye is forecast to give way to showers and thunderstorms with the arrival of the new week. According to data received from the General […]
Recipe: Turkish (Plain) Rice – Sade Pilav
In Türkiye, the reputation of a housewife and the career of a chef can stand or fall on their pilav. The essential quality is fluffiness: each grain of rice should stand alone, proud and independent, moist and glistening without being wet or oily. Rice rises to its full potential in a good pilav, coaxed lovingly […]
A visit to ‘Little Istanbul’ with Mick & Trudie
According to Wikipedia, there is an estimated 500,000 people of Turkish origin living in the United Kingdom. The Turkish community is not evenly distributed across the country and the concentration of the Turks is almost all in Greater London. The Turks have created Turkish neighbourhoods mostly in North and North-East London however there are also Turkish communities in South […]
The best of Adana – much more than just a kebab
One of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements of the world and with a name unchanged for at least four millennia, Adana was a market town at the Cilicia plain and one of the gateways from Europe to the Middle East. The city turned into a powerhouse of Cilicia with the Turkic takeover in 1359 21st-century Adana, the sixth-largest city […]
Fethiye Times News – Week Ending 20th August 2023
Welcome to our pick of last week’s news from Fethiye and around Türkiye. Curated from various news sources. NEWS Renovations start on park in Karaçulha Fethiye Municipality has started renovations on a park in the Karaçulha district of Fethiye. The park, which was built over an area of 3750 m2, has fallen into a state […]
Recipe: Roast aubergine with goat’s cheese & toasted flatbread
Punchy flavours and plenty of crunch – you won’t even notice you’re eating a superhealthy salad! Serves 2 Ingredients 2 aubergines, thinly sliced lengthways 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 Middle Eastern flatbread or pitta 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar Handful mint leaves 2 shallots, 1 finely chopped, the other thinly sliced 1 red chilli, finely chopped 50g goat’s cheese, crumbled Handful […]
The Turkish Language – fiendishly difficult or fun to learn?
Farklı bir dil, farklı bir yaşam vizyonudur – A different language is a different vision of life. If you are a first-time visitor to Türkiye, you will find a very different world awaits you. It’s an assault on the senses; stunning scenery, colours and hues of every shade, a çaycı delivering an endless supply of tea, the sound […]
The unique and evocative beauty of Ani
The DK Eyewitness: Türkiye guidebook describes Ani as “one of the most evocative historical sites in Türkiye. Set on a windswept, grassy plateau along the Barley River (Arpaçay), the site contains important remnants of Armenian architecture, including the city walls protecting its northern border, parts of which are still intact.” Registered on the UNESCO World Heritage […]