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[sunny]

Approximately 2,000 foreign residents, attending courses on “being Turkish” held in Turgutreis region so far, have easily adapted to Turkish traditions and customs, according to the Mayor

Apart from Turkish the courses also teach carpet weaving, rolling out dough, making baklava, Turkish folk dances and songs in Turkish as well as the specialties of the local cuisine. The courses are held twice a week with each session lasting six hours.

The council first organized the course in 2004

[frannie]

this sounds really interesting i dont suppose you know if there is anything like this in bodrum. thanks

[Ken]

Turgutreis is part of Bodrum, isn't it? It's not city center, but it shouldn't be far from you. You could probably head out to Turgutreis and ask around to find out where the classes are. Sounds like a great idea to have courses like this!

[KediYavrusu]

Oh, don't tell my husband about that he will have me going on there straight away! He is always saying I can't cook Turkish food like at home

It does sound interesting though, I would love to go if I still lived there.

[Ken]

There are lots of Turkish cookbooks out there... tried any of those? You could read them secretly!

[KediYavrusu]

Well I think I actually cook very nice Turkish food, I do have a few cookbooks too. Obviously just not like mum makes though - and I could never hope to compete !!

[Ken]

Well it sounds to me like you're doing all you can! What's the difference between the cookbooks and his mum's food?

[sunny]

It is impossible to compete with Mum Ben, no matter how hard you try, but if someone complains too much then tell him to do it himself to see if he can do better.

[KediYavrusu]

He doesn't complain - he just prefers his mum's Turkish cooking and there is no way I will ever be as good so I'm not worried

[sunny]

It's probably not that your cooking isn't as good as Mum's, it's just different. Turkish cooking means following the recipes for the dish down to the last grain of salt whereas most people I know throw in a bit of this and a bit of that.