Turkish food promoted in London as part of Turkish Cuisine Week

By Hasan Esen

LONDON (AA) - The Turkish cuisine was promoted Wednesday in London as part of the Turkish Cuisine Week.

Turkiye has been promoting its local dishes in a series of events held across the country and at all its missions worldwide during the Turkish Cuisine Week, held for the first time this year from May 21-27.

The Turkish Cuisine Week is marked under the auspices of the Turkish Presidency in cooperation with the country's Tourism Promotion and Development Agency, an affiliate of the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Many guests, including the senior executives of the leading organizations in the travel industry in Turkiye, along with the media representatives, got a taste of the Turkish cuisine in a Turkish restaurant in London.

The guests, who showed great interest in the event, were also presented with the Turkish Cuisine With Timeless Recipes book prepared by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.

"Our aim today is to make people living in the UK taste our country's gastronomy and tastes during the Turkish Cuisine Week," Turkiye's Counselor for Cultural and Information Affairs Arzu Kahraman told Anadolu Agency.

Emphasizing that the guests were very satisfied with the event, Kahraman said they will also host them in various gastronomy events in Turkiye in the forthcoming days.

*Writing by Jeyhun Aliyev in Ankara