We’re back to the joys of seasonal eating again with great seasonal recipes. A spring pea and feta salad recipe – with a few extras. This is going to be a salad which can either be a great side dish or a perfect light lunch. Flavours of spring in this pea and feta salad At the moment, the stalls of the local markets are brimming with spring greens. Crisp leafy greens and fresh herbs. The Peas And recently, we’ve been unable to resist buying up fresh peas (araka bezelye) on the Çalış Sunday Market. Just like summer, when I love to pod beans for our barbunya pilaki recipe, podding peas is one of ..read more

We know it’s already March – and this is our Fethiye monthly news update for February – but we do have a good excuse. Runtalya As is the general norm, we head to Antalya for the first weekend in March. It’s for one of the biggest Turkish running events in the calendar; the Runtalya Marathon. We all came home with a Finisher’s Medal This year followed that general norm. And, because of the how the days fell this year, the 2024 event was right at the beginning of March. My birthday is the end of February – and so everything blended together perfectly – but, of course, daily routine fell by the w ..read more

Here’s a wonderful (and very simple) Adana Kebab recipe for you. Because, if you’re anything like us, this juicy, spicy delicious kebab (Adana Kebap, to give it its correct name) will be right up there as one of your favourite dishes of Turkish cuisine. Our Adana Kebab is easy to make at home Turkey has a plethora of regional dishes. And many of these dishes take on the name of the city or area they come from. What Is Adana Kebab? So, you won’t be surprised to learn that Adana Kebab comes from the city of Adana in southern Turkey. In this city, we’re not far from the provinces of Hatay and Gaz ..read more

Hello! Welcome to our very first monthly Fethiye news update of 2024! How’s January been for you? The fabulous sunsets have been revealing themselves thick and fast throughout January As I type, the very wet and mild Fethiye winter has suddenly turned on its heels and done a very fast runner to make way for icy breezes and Real Feel temperatures in minus figures. Maybe we’ll get more a of traditional Fethiye winter after all. The current dusting of snow over the shoulder and summit of Babadağ suggests that could be the case. When the weather is like this, we still get some amazing sunsets, how ..read more

2023 came to an end and we’ve just woken up to a whole new year. If you followed us throughout that last year, thanks for making it this far! Happy New Year from Fethiye We’re sure you’re just like us and hoping 2024 brings with it the opportunity for some peace and calm in the world. Until that time, we all crack on as best we can in our own day-to-day lives. I spent a couple of hours sifting through photos from January of 2023 year through to December for this article on our look back on the year that’s passed. And that, along with a quick scoot back through our monthly Fethiye news articles ..read more

Yes, we’re having a double whammy for this roundup of news from beautiful Fethiye. We’ve got November and a bit of December to get through. The Çalış Beach sunset is often a stunner in autumn and winter The thinking behind this is, the end of December is always that time when you look back on the whole year which has passed rather than just the past month. And should anything huge and exciting take place between now and that time, then of course, we can add it to that year end post. But anyway, let’s get on with the news from life in Fethiye over the past few weeks… Weather Warnings Galore The ..read more

We’ve recently reintroduced ourselves to a Turkish dish that we used to make a lot when we first moved to Fethiye: Patatesli kek or Turkish potato cake. This savoury Turkish potato cake is so versatile For some reason, it fell from our radar and we forgot all about it. Until we were staying in a hotel in Kaleiçi old town in Antalya. The Turkish breakfast in our hotel was much more than run-of-the-mill and two thick slices of potato cake were one of the many dishes filling our table. As soon as we tasted it, we were immediately taken back to those early days of life here in Turkey. We knew we h ..read more

Over two decades of living in Turkey and we finally get to experience our first Turkish oil wrestling (yağlı güreş) tournament. Turkish oil wrestling came to Fethiye Our neighbouring province, the Mediterranean Province of Antalya, has a strong tradition in hosting oil wrestling festivals and has produced some of the country’s top wrestlers. The Yeşilyayla oil wrestling festival in Antalya’s Elmalı is said to be even older than the famous Kırkpınar Festival. Whatever the case, they’re certainly amongst the world’s oldest wrestling events. Some of the smaller festivals occur quite local to us ..read more

Autumn is a fabulous time for seasonal eating. And for this recipe for roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce and pomegranate, we’re using two favourites: the cauliflower and the pomegranate. Two favourite seasonal ingredients together There are lots of Turkish recipes that celebrate the cauliflower – this simple but very tasty karnabahar yemeği (Turkish cauliflower stew) is a regular for us in winter. But we do love the flavour of roasted vegetables. And this easy recipe for roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce and pomegranate (tahin soslu karnabahar) has quickly become one of our favourite s ..read more

Time for another roundup of our monthly news from Fethiye. The month of October. And wow, what a month that was! Didn’t we say in last month’s news that we were looking forward to slowing down and chilling after a crazy busy summer? Didn’t we say we’d be enjoying a bit more indoor life by way of cooking in the kitchen and adding to our collection of Turkish recipes? Well, clearly, October had other ideas in store for us! It’s been another ram-jammed few weeks. And, of course, all of that was rounded off by celebrating Republic Day – 100 years of the Turkish Republic! 100 Years Of The Turkish R ..read more