Turkish Culture

Regarding Turkey's past the culture and language is more important to who the Turkish people are. Let's start with the Turkish language, the language spoken in Turkey is, Turkish. 90% of the population would prefer this as their primary language. The language "speaks" to the personality and culture of the Turkish people. The language itself, I personally would consider, has its own "style". The language as I mentioned before directly influences the culture of Turkey, but what about the culture stands out. The first thing that may come to mind if you're thinking about culture is religion, the dominate religion is Islam. 98% of Turkey's population, is Islamic, Christianity is the minority in this circumstance. Enough of religion, next let's talk about the Turkish cuisine.

There are two main types of meals, ceremonial and traditional, I'm excluding everyday meals because of the fact they're is not a specific to Turkey in general.  The traditional meals shown above is called Pide. Pide is essentially "Turkish Pizza", it can be served at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, depending on what you put in it. At ceremonial meals Gaziantep, yuvarlama is a blend of ground meat, rice, chickpeas, onions, and spices served with yogurt, is a special dish for the Feast of Ramadan at the end of the Islamic month of fasting. My next subject about Turkish culture is architecture and art.

This picture is inside the Hagia Sophia, the Hagia Sophia was once a church during the Byzantine Empire, now it is a museum in Istanbul. This is a perfect example of architecture and art, it shows how creative and inspired Turkish architects and artist were. The architecture itself is prodigious, inspirational, and most definitely beautiful. The art adds the perfect touch to complete this masterpiece. 

This picture above is in the Hagia Sophia, I personally believe this is the best example of Turkish art, this art cannot begging to comprehend the astonishing beauty. The art reflects Turkeys culture in so many ways especially religion. Some of the finite details in the Hagia Sophia are perplexing, the time and effort put into this is equal to a life time.