Language/Turkish/Vocabulary/Breakfast

Turkish breakfast plays an important role in Turkish culture.

In Turkey breakfast is rich and generally contain the following ingredients:

• bread
• different kinds of cheese
• tea
• all kinds of olives
• thick syrup of grape juice
• all kinds of jam
• meat
• soup
• butter
• vegetables and fruits
• omelet
• french fries
• yogurt (a cultural Turkish food whic made is from milk)
• eggs scrambled with tomatoes and green pepper
• egg and a lot of special Turkish meals made of eggs
• vegetables and dough

In each region, breakfast contains specific foods related to the culture.

For example in the west (near the Marmara sea and the Mediteranean), people use olive oil, vegetables, all kinds of cheese and olives.

However at the east, people eat all kinds of meats and soups with the basic breakfast foods.

TURKISH	ENGLISH	TURKISH	ENGLISH
EKMEK	BREAD	OMLET	OMELET
YUMURTA	EGG	BAL	HONEY
ZEYTİN	OLIVE	PEKMEZ	THICK SYRUP OF GRAPE JUICE
ZEYTİNYAĞI	OLIVE OIL	REÇEL	JAM
ÇAY	TEA	TERAĞI	BUTTER
SİMİT	TURKİSH BAGELS	PİDE	FLAT BREAD
YOĞURT	YOGURD	PATATES KIZARTMASI	FRENCH FRİSE
PEYNİR	CHEESE	MENEMEN	EGGS SCRAMBLED TOMATOS AND GREEN PEPPERS
YULAF EZMESİ	OATMEAL	TAM BUĞDAY EKMEĞİ	WHOLE-GRAİN BREAD
SÜT	MILK	TAHİN	SESAME PASTE
PATATES KIZARTMASI	FRIED POTATO	PORTAKAL SUYU	ORANGE JUICE