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Outbound
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Turkish cuisine has had a great influence on the cooking of many Middle Eastern countries - especially Greece.
Inbound
influence
At the same time, Turkish cuisine has borrowed much. The Turks (who began arriving in the 6th Century A.D.) brought cooking techniques such as shish kebab cooking from their ancestral homeland in Central Asia.
Turkey also absorbed the cooking styles indigenous to the neighboring lands of Greece, Syria, Iran and Armenia.
The Greek influence is most noticeably apparent along Turkey's Aegean Coast while the Arab influence is readily apparent along Turkey's Mediterranean Coast - this means, for example, cooks along the Aegean Coast use olive oil far more liberally in their dishes than do their countrymen along the Mediterranean Coast.
Turkish
breakfast
This famous traditional morning medley includes cheese, olives, boiled eggs, breads, coffee, and more.
Favorite
beverage
Turkish coffee comes quickly to mind when most foreigners think of Turkey's favorite drink. In reality, tea is the country's leading beverage. Coffee doesn't even come close.
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city for gourmets
Istanbul is the top all-around Turkish cuisine city. Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Izmer and Konya are runners-up.
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