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The culture of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye kültürü) or the Turkish culture (Türk kültürü) includes both the national culture and local cultures. Currently, Turkey has various local cultures. Things such as music, folk dance, or kebap variety may be used to identify a local area. Turkey also has a national culture, such as national sports ...
Traditional Turkish archery: 2019 01367: Turkish archery, the importance of archery and especially horse archery in Turks dates back to prehistoric times. Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey 2021 01684: Hüsn-i calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing formed around Arabic letters. Craftsmanship of mother of pearl ...
Yunus Emre was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic who influenced Turkish culture. Like the Oghuz Book of Dede Korkut, an older and anonymous Central Asian epic, the Turkish folklore that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of tekerlemeler as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral ...
Turkish coffee – probably introduced from Levantine Arabic culture, coffee became central to Ottoman society – often accompanied with a Nargile (Narguile / Hookah). Ayran – a traditional yogurt drink still popular throughout many areas of the former Empire. Sherbet – a spiced cold fruit drink. Rakı – a traditional Turkish alcoholic ...
Baklava (/ b ɑː k l ə ˈ v ɑː, ˈ b ɑː k l ə v ɑː / ⓘ, [1] or / b ə ˈ k l ɑː v ə /; [2] Ottoman Turkish: باقلوا) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. It was one of the most popular sweet pastries of Ottoman cuisine. [3]
Turkey has four "major theatrical traditions": "folk theatre, popular theatre, court theater, and Western theater." Turkish folk theatre goes back thousands of years and has survived among rural communities. Popular theatre includes plays by live actors, puppet and shadow plays, and storytelling performances.
Rakı (pronounced [ɾaˈkɯ]) is the most popular alcoholic drink in Turkey. A Turkish beer brand, Efes Pilsen. There are a few local brands of lager such as Bomonti, Marmara 34 and Efes Pilsen and a small selection of international beers that are produced in Turkey such as Skol, Beck's, Miller, Foster's, Carlsberg and Tuborg.
The tradition of folklore—folktales, jokes, legends, and the like—in the Turkish language is very rich. Perhaps the most popular figure in the tradition is the aforementioned Nasreddin (known as Nasreddin Hoca, or "teacher Nasreddin", in Turkish), who is the central character of thousands of jokes. He generally appears as a person who ...