March 29, 2015

What I Saw In Turkey

Catherine Agbo

When I told my family and friends that I would be going on a trip to Istanbul, Turkey, as if it was planned, nearly every one of them asked me to bring them turkey from Turkey, before asking what my mission in Turkey was. Sadly, throughout the five days I spent in the beautiful country which straddles two continents, neither did I see nor taste turkey meat. That is not to say turkey meat isn’t consumed in Turkey but our guide, Cemal Yigit, whose organisation, Inci Production/Ebru Tv Africa facilitated our visit had explained that Turkey is the bastardisation of the original name of the country, Turkiye, by the English in the 14th Century, which had since stuck, and added that turkey meat was however not a constant on the traditional Turkish menu.

Erdoğan the caliph

Mümtazer Türköne

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asserts, “I am the leader of a political movement.”