I think they are making manta.  They can be seen doing this in some restaurant windows in Istanbul.

There is a large sheet of pasta in the middle of the table, they will cut it and make quite small parcels (not sure what the filling is) . . . if you look closely , you can see the parcels near the edges of the table.   The many small brown pieces you can see is what is put inside the pasta parcels.

What is AMAZİNG,that they have the patience to do this !

We have some brown filling also we use them to do some bayram sweets ´şeker bayramı´,i dont know if its same or not

İt consist of,

Butter,flour,honey,nuts ´small pieces´,and sesame

Mantı with ı

 Thanks

I wondered why I couldn´t get any results from google, except for manta rays!! 

A recipe for mantı

.....and there was me thinking they were playing a Turkish version of Scrabble!!

Turkish women playing? You must be joking! They never waste their time and strength for pleasure.

 Ever been to a çay evi? I have seen several with women playing Okay (Rummikub).

 +1

There are also special ´gasinos´ for women and children where Ok, tavla, cardgames etc are being played, accompanied by tea.