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Künefe is traditional Middle East dessert made from cheese pastry soaked in sugar-based syrup. Now it's very popular all around Turkey.
Cağ kebabı is uniquely type of lamb kebab which originated from the Erzurum province. In point of fact, it is just kind of döner cooked on the horizontal roasting jack.
Along with tea, coffee in Turkey can rightly be considered as a national drink.
Shahmaran (Turkish “Şahmeran”) is a fabulous creature which is popular in the culture of many peoples in the Middle East. She is considered to be the queen of the serpents and the keeper of the wisdom. She is usually described as a being with a head of a beautiful and intelligent woman, a body of a dragon and a second serpent head at the tip of her tail.
Mardin is very old city which was founded several thousands years ago at the mountains of the Northern Mesopotamia. The development of the Great Silk road gave rise to this city. Under the walls of the Mardin fortess the caravans found shelter and took a rest before going to Amed (present Diyarbakır) or Edessa (now Şanlıurfa).
Located located in the north-east of Turkey Mardin is known as an open-air museum because of its historical Arabic architecture. This city and its neighborhoods are mainly well described in the tourist guide books. But there are some interesting historical sights near Mardin which are little-known even among locals.
This article is just small guide about how to find a cheap accommodation when you are travelling in Turkey. If you are individual traveler and have no special requirements for comfort you can save a lot of money with our tips.
Bus is the most convenient way to travel all around Turkey but there is some special details usually not known by foreign tourists. After reading of this article you be able to get to any Turkish city by this type of transport and order tickets even you are abroad.
Diyarbakır is a very old city with complex history. Even at the present time dramatic events take place in the life of it and you can feel them just walking in the historic district named "Sur".
Winemaking in the Upper Mesopotamia enjoys a very long history and the roots of it go back more than six millennia. The spread of Islam in this area seriously damaged it due to ban on alcohol. But Middle East christians keep the traditions of local winemaking alive up to now.