Fifty-eight-year-old Burhan Yilmaz is on his feet for more than 12 hours a day, selling the main fuel for millions of busy Istanbul residents – simit, the legendary Turkish bagels with sesame seeds.

The ritual of kahvaltı — or breakfast, as you might know it — in Turkey revolves around sharing an abundant spread of dishes. From menemen, a comforting mix of scrambled eggs and tomatoes, to sucuk, a ...

A woman makes "simit", a kind of Turkish traditional circular bread, in Malatya province, Turkey, on July 15, 2019. The simit is one of the most popular breakfast in Turkey. Residents of Malatya have ...

Few Turks would be surprised to see Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan giving simit to his top advisers and the journalists following him or to read that a Russian oligarch is ordering fresh ...

The Turkish word “simit” has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), prompting celebrations on social media as well as calls for a new emoji to represent the circular-shaped bread. The OED, in ...

Peer across the counter and into the kitchen of the new Simit Fresh Mediterranean in Naples, and you'll see a wonderland. Rotisseries of stacked and marinated meats twirl and sizzle on vertical spits.

It seems to be a little known fact in America that Middle Eastern nations are home to some of the world’s most talented bakers, and, locally, exhibit A of that argument is the wealth of Lebanese ...

It’s round, it’s doughy, but it’s not a bagel. That’s the New York verdict on the simit, a seasame seed crusted bread popular in Turkey that’s masquerading itself as a version of the city’s breakfast ...

Turkey's traditional "simit" bagels, sold in every corner of Istanbul, have become the key symbol for price increases in a country where, in less than five years, the price has jumped from 3 to 20 ...