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Kurdish Foodways in Turkey

Community

Kurdish community food traditions across the southeast and east: bulgur and wheat, lamb and dairy, herbs and wild greens, breads, stuffed dishes, soups, and Newroz and festival cooking. Neither simply Turkish nor foreign โ€” a tradition in its own right, and a dish may belong to it and to others at once.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Kurdish community documented

Languages: Northern Kurdish, Zazaki

What is recorded

  • Kurdish foodways in Turkey is recorded as a tradition in its own right โ€” neither filed as simply Turkish nor treated as foreign. Dishes are allowed multiple simultaneous cultural relationships rather than one owner. documented

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