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Typical Turkish Breakfast After the explanation of some  typical turkish drinks  before, now some information about the what is what in Turkish breakfast. Yet Turkey has not such a big breakfast culture as for example Germany in matters of variations, especially of bread. Nevertheless, at least on the weekends, people gather together for splendid breakfasts with quite a range of foods at home or even at cafes and restaurants. The kahvalti - the turkish word for breakfast - is relatively healthy, provides quite some variations, and always comes with some tomatoes, cucumber and olives. Includes some juice, but less likely a coffee (kahve), which is more likely to be consumed after it, but with the typical tea, cay.  Turkish Food: Breakfast Ekmek - Bread in different variations, mostly soft Börek - A baked pastry made with phyllo dough and stuffed with a one or more vegetables and sometimes meat or cheese Peynirli Börek - Cheese börek Kymali Börek...

Raki, typical turkish drink The Turkish cuisine goes well beyond Kebap and Raki, providing a high variety of dishes and drinks for every time of the day and every occasion. But for those not familiar with the names of Turkish food and drinks it might not be easy to experience all of it, if one does not want to go for trial & error. Therefore here a list of typical Turkish drinks and translations of common drinks, and don´t worry, a list of Turkish Foods will follow soon! Turkish Drinks Raki - THE national spirit of Turkey, anise-flavoured, high level of alcohol, not sweet at all, either consumed straight - called sek - or combined with some chilled water and/or ice cubes as a 4cl shot, a tek. Cay - Tea, which one can find literally on every corner, black, and relatively strong Ayran - Yet another famous turkish drink, salted yogurt, supposedly the national drink of Turkey at all. Kahve - The turkish version of Coffee, one should sip carefully at the end as the coffee ...