Road to The Marriage in Turkey-3:Nişan (The Engagement)
Nişan, Engagement is the third step on the road to marriage in Turkey… After the period of “Kiz İsteme”, the parents and the families are getting to know eachother and make rare visits…
Road to Marriage in Turkey – 2:Kiz isteme (Requesting The Daughter)
After the boy’s party’s( Oglan Tarafı) evaluation and decision about the girl who suits best for the requirements of the boy and her mother, we can focus on the next step on The…
Road to Marriage in Turkey – 1 : Kız Gormek (Going to See The Girl)
Kiz gormeye gitmek, Going to see the girl, is the very fist step on the road of marriage in Turkey.
The First Night of The Marriage,” Gerdek Gecesi “, Nuptial Night!..
It is the very first night of the bride and the groom. As in all muslim societies, The nuptial night is an important tradition for the Turkish people. That is the very first…
Telli Baba, Sariyer
Telli (silver-threaded) Baba (father) is a turbe (shrine) in Rumelikavagi in Sariyer on the European side that people who have wishes visit to pray and make a wish, especially a wish for marriage….
Sunnet, Circumcision
Circumcision is among the most significant traditional procedures related to the child in Anatolia, and is the strictest and most widespread practice among religious and ritual procedures. No parents ever wish to break…
Wedding Customs in Turkey
Marriage, another turning points of the life, is both individual since it brings together the lives of a man and a woman, and social, since it establishes family and kinship ties. The wedding…
How Istanbullu are you?
If your answer “yes” more than “no”, then you are a true Istanbulian Do you have an akbil? Do you like kuru fasulye, pilav, cacik? Do you have simit or pogaca on the…
Sahaf, Old bookshop
Sahaf, an Arabic word, is the shop or person buying and selling old books, documents etc. Also sahaflar carsisi means old bookshops. Sahaflar Carsisi The oldest Sahaflar Carsisi in İstanbul is the one…
