Turkish and Korean Cuisine Introduced at BAU

Bahçeşehir University and the Consulate General of South Korea introduced the gastronomy of Türkiye and South Korea with the "Gastrodiplomacy" event, held for the first time this year.

Drawing on the unifying and joyful nature of food, a common ground of every culture that makes it easier for people to understand one another, Bahçeşehir University and the Consulate General of South Korea shared Turkish and Korean cuisine with visitors from various cultures with the aim of bringing people from different cultures together. The event organized by BAU Gastronomy was attended by the Consuls General of Croatia, Bangladesh, Uruguay, Venezuela, Lebanon, Albania and Slovakia, as well as consulate representatives of the United States, Japan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Egypt, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Romania, Poland, Indonesia, Iraq and Slovakia.
 
"Different cultures can come together through food"
 
Emphasizing the unifying nature of eating together, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Dilistan Shipman, Director of the BAU School of Applied Sciences, said: "This event, the first we have held as Gastrodiplomacy, was even more successful than we expected. Everyone from different consulates came together around food. Once again, we witnessed that food is a passion, a love and a unifying force. Thanks to these events, the second of which we will hold next month, my belief has grown that different cultures will come together through food without prejudice."