fazilet = virtue, merit , honour

faziletli= the person who has virtue

faziletsiz = the person who has no virtue

onur, onurlu, onursuz [turkish word] is same as şeref,şereli,şerefsiz [arabic word]

 This sentence of yours [UK is a guilt-innocence culture rather than a shame-honour culture ] is the key that one should know to understand the differences between the eastern society and western society.

Generally ,in eastern societies the shame-honour values are pretty strong. Sometimes the illegal acts relating shame-honour can be tolerated in the society ,not in law.

Therefore , those values still keep their strong influence in people´s lives although its changing among new generation.

şeref = Honour

şerefli= a person who has honourful life.[a person who doesnt bring shame into himself or his family]

şerefsiz = completely opposite to "şerefli" [ a person who has shameful life and acts accordingly ]

LADIES BELLY - KADIN [HANIM] GÖBEĞİ TATLISI

Its classic ottoman empire desserts..An old Turkish saying advises one to "eat sweetly and speak sweetly". Sweets and desserts have always been an important and distinctive element of Turkish cuisine. That was true in Ottoman times and is just as true today.

Ingredients

How to make it

• Firstly, prepare the syrup. Boil the mixture of the water and sugar. When it reaches to a low consistency, add lemon juice in it. Boil the mixture for a while more. Then, remove it from the stove and let it cool down.
• # Put 1 + 1/2 cups water into a pot, add butter in it and boil this mixture.
• # When the butter melts, add 2 + 1/2 cups sifted flour into the mixture. Add granulated sugar and slat also.
• # Cook the dough over low heat by stirring it constantly. Then remove it from the stove and cool it down. Then break the eggs into the mixture respectively, by kneading the mixture after each egg addition. Then knead it for a while more.
• # Add the remaining 1 cup flour into the mixture little by little while kneading it, to make the mixture reach to the right consistency.
• # Grease your palms, pick half lemon sized pieces from the dough and roll them, them force onto the each of the pieces between your palms to shape them patties. Make a hole in the middle of the patty by your forefinger to shape the patty as ring.
• # Shape all of the dough pieces by this way. Put vegetable oil into a skillet, and when it is cold yet, place the prepared lady’s bellies into the skillet, with some spaces between them. Fry them over medium heat with pink color, by shaking the skillet time to time.
• # Put the fried dough pieces into the cold syrup urgently. Cool down the oil in the skillet, for frying the remaining dough pieces. Repeat the same processes, until finishing the process of frying for all of the dough pieces.
• # When the dough pieces soak the syrup, place them onto the service plate.
• If you fry the dough pieces in hot oil, inside of the dough pieces can not be cooked properly

• 1 stick butter
• 3 + 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tbsp granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 tsp salt
• For Frying:
• 2 cups vegetable oil
• For Syrup:
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

 You never miss the details !!

Kadın hakları = women rights

Kadınsal davranışlar = Feminine behaivors

LADIES THIGH MEATBALLS (KADIN BUDU KOFTE)

500 gr. ground beef
2 onions (medium)
1/3 cup cooked plain white rice
3 eggs
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 bunch parsley
salt
black pepper
6 tablespoons flour
Cook plain white rice as usual (1 measure rice, 2 measures water, cook for 15 minutes covered and at low heat). Set aside to coolStir fry 1/2 the ground beef in 1 tablespoon oil until fully cooked and set aside to coolClean and chop parsleyCombine remaining uncooked beef, chopped onions, cooked rice, stir fried beef, 1 egg, salt and pepper together. Make oval looking meat ballsSprinkle bottom of a pan with half the flour and place the meatballs on the flour. Sprinkle remaining flour on top of the meat ballsWhen ready to serve, mix together 2 eggs and dip each of the meatballs in eggs and fry them in low heat

I served mine with rice in this picture but you can try serving it with Frech Fries.

Note : I found it on internet for the ones who like köftes !

Kadın budu köfte --> its a delicous food !!

here "kadın" can not be replaced with "bayan"

Kadın dergisi --> Women magazine

it wouldnt sound good if we call it "bayan dergisi "

lol..remember Churchil..never say never...