There are many elements of a good Turkish meal and Turkish bloggers are always offering up their opinions as to what those elements are: Zen in the Kitchen discusses traditional Turkish breakfasts [1]; Yogurt Land shows us how shredded filo dough [2]is made; and the Round ball in Ankara writes about Efes beer and football [3].
The strange news item of the week is brought to us byAmerikan Turk writing about human quadrapeds found in Turkey [4] (although many Turkish bloggers linked to this article as well).
Mavi Boncuk gives us a bit of pop culture with Turkish Comics [5] and the writtings of Turkish author Kemalettin Tucu [6].
Talk Turkey gives us profiles of three prominent Turkish Americans this week: U.S. Senior Airman Romina Sidi [7], Ali Kasikci, [8] the Managing Director of The Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel, and whistle blower Sibel Edmonds. [9]
Metroblogging:Istanbul posts about a recent article written about them, [10] however Idil from Ignore Me if You Can has a more detailed posting about the same incident. [11] Erkan's Field Diary tells his version of the interview process [12] and laments not getting an invitation to a Kurdish Conference being held at his Univerisity [13].
Turkish Torque posted a quote from the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism that explains a lot about archaeology mismanagement in Turkey (something I have gotten to witness first hand): “If the archeological masterpieces were not smuggled out of Turkey, perhaps we would not be able to protect them this well.” [14] He also points out the high price of Turkish passports [15] and gives a link to a children's magazine for Turkish Americans called Bonbon [16].