Bartın - Amasra - Safranbolu Food Culture Seminar and Tasting

Seminar on Turkey’s Regional Culinary Cultures and Traditions was held at YESAM on January 18th, 2012

Nedim Atilla discussed Culinary Cultures of Bartin, Amasra and Safranbolu at YESAM (Culinary Arts Center). Participants later sampled traditional dishes from 5 regions prepared by expert Hanife Yenidogan.

ABOUT NEDİM ATİLLA

A. Nedim Atilla was born in Dikili, Izmir in 1958. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Communication from Ege University. He later attended international workshops on ‘Sociology of Communication’ and ‘Historical Geography.’ Beginning in 1979 he worked for 11 years for numerous Turkish dailies in positions ranging from page editor to intelligence chief to editor and regional representative. He contributed a column to Aksam daily regularly for 8 years. He continues to write a weekly column in Aksam and runs a talk show with colleagues Gonul Soyoglu and Umit Yaldiz on Ege TV. He is one of the founding leaders of the Slow Food movement in Turkey and is the leader of “Izmir Bardacik” convivium.

Lecture video is in Turkish.