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Famous for its leblebi( roasted chickpea),Çorum has rich variety of local cuisine.
Among the authentic meals of Çorum there are Mayalı, (Saç Mayalısı, Tava Mayalısı), Yanın, Cırlak, Gömbe, Ovmaç, Hıngal, Poppy Bun, Bordanı (With dough,egg,mushroom) Helise, Çullama, Madımak, Tirittir, İskilip Dolması Kara Çuval Helvası, Hedik, Telsel, Has Baklava (finely layered pastry filled with nuts).
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Arykanda (Arif)
It is a ruin place in Arif Village, which is in the middle of the Elmalı-Finike highway. There is no information supported by the sources of archaeological and written records about the time of first settlement. It is known as an ancient settlement place since the name ‘Arykanda’ is a native name [...]
At Düzce, local meals are Arnavut Böreği (pastry), Şıl Börek (pastry), Göbete and Mantı (pastry), Katlama, Sarı Burma and Su Böreği (pastry), Boşnak Böreği (pastry) and Dessert, Gözleme, Höşmerim and Keşkek with chicken, Lepsi, Mamursa and Haluj, meal of black cabbage and Mısır Ekmeği (bread with corn flour).
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Kepaye, which is a kind of stuffed tummy and gut, gulul, which is a kind of solid ayran soup as a mixture of rice, millet and bulgur can be told as regional unique meal types.
Especially famous for its Water Melon of enourmous sizes , Diyarbakır is very rich in terms of its cuisine.Liver kebab sold on counters of the shops during the late hours of the night known as cartlak kebab, is one of the traditional meals of region.
Kibebumbar, the richest meal of Diyarbakır, cooked by the mixture of [...]
Çankırı’s regional meals can be mentioned as pastry with meat (mantı), tarhana soup, gözleme, cızlama, güveç, pıhtı, harmandaşı, fit fit aşı, pastry with walnut, çeç pastry, mıhlama, keşkek, çalma, çekme halvah.
One element of the cultural values in Kahramanmaraş is the local food and desert varieties. Tarhana (soup with dried yogurt), bulgur (boiled and pounded wheat), dögme and nişasta (starch) is prepared for the coming winter season and vegetables like pepper, aubergine, marrow, okra and bean are desiccated for preservation.
Soaps like Tarhana (soup with dried yogurt), [...]
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Haci Bektaş – ı Veli Museum
Hacı Bektaş – ı Veli Dervish Convent, which is completed between XIIIth and XIXth centuries according to architecture, had restored (repaired) lots of times in the course of history. It holds a poem characteristic instead of a külliye according to architectural terminology. Dervish Convent is repaired [...]
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Harput Museum
Historical piece of arts, found around Elazığ and Harput, are exhibited in the museum. There are inscriptions, İçme Tumulus findings and various ethnographic pieces of arts among these.
Open hours to visit : 08.30 – 12.00/ 13.00- 17.30 Open days to visit : It is closed for visitors on Mondays and Tuesdays [...]
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Siren Rocky Place
It is mentioned in Homeros epic, and described as rocks to where ships that loose their way crashes. It is one of the biggest rocky place, composed of islands which reminds like seal fishes is Orak Island.
Şeytan Hamamı (Satan’s Hamam)