Mehmetçik ‘Little Mehmet’ was an affectionate Turkish nickname for Ottoman (Turkish) soldiers. The term played on the fact that Mehmet itself a respectful contraction of...
An exclusively male headdress, both men and women wore turbans. According to legend, the turban was worn by the prophet Muhammad (SAW) himself, and the...
Although the water pipe is an established feature of Turkish culture, it originated in India by emptying a coconut and dipping in a straw. In...