Tea gardens provide an affordable, relaxing respite from the crowded streets of Istanbul. At Mesale, for example, a plate of lamb chops, Turkish salad, mineral water, a Coke and tea — too many ...

“Turkish tea is concentrated on the old habits of people,” says founder Emre Ercin. ... Türkiye’s state-owned tea company, which employs over 10,000 people across 45 factories, ...

Turkish Tea, or Çay, is a strong black tea with a rich flavor, strong aroma, and a beautiful deep red color. ... Sharing Turkish tea is a simple tradition that brings people closer.

People drink tea at a cafe in Ankara, Türkiye, Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) ... The Turkish tea culture, or çay (pronounced chai) culture, can date back hundreds of years.

Sevcan Altunkaya was 15 when she started picking tea on her family’s farm on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Like many young people in the rural region, she left after high school. The Georgian border is a ...

Turkish people have long since proven their love for tea, but last year made it official, ... “The Turkish tea market is the third-largest worldwide, after China and India,” he added.

Valeriya Safronova is a reporter based in Vienna. She first visited Istanbul at age 16 and has loved it ever since. June 26, 2025 Istanbul, the Turkish city that straddles two continents, truly ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The death toll is nearing 44,000 in Turkey and Syria after last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake and the aftershocks that followed. Remarkably, some people are still being rescued ...