Here is a recipe that is at least four thousand years old. Boil three cups of water in a saucepan and add one cup of bulgur (cracked wheat), a knob of butter and salt. Cook until the water is absorbed. This simple dish is extremely nourishing. It is widely used not only in Turkish Cuisine […]
THE HISTORY OF ISTANBUL
HISTORY TIMELINE OF ISTANBUL Pre-Historic Era 7000 BC Neolithic fishing settlements in Kadikoy, Pendik & Yarimburgaz. Byzantium 660 BC – 196 AD (Greek/Pagan) 750 B.C. Greeks sailed through the Bosphorus. 676 B.C. Byzantium was founded probably by Greek colonists from Athens and Megara. 667 B.C. Greek colony of Chalcedon founded in what is known as […]