ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa hou ma Roma o ka National Day of the Republic of Turkey i hana ʻia me ka pili pū ʻana me ka Kulanakauhale o Gaziantep. ʻO ka hanana i hōʻike ʻia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka meaʻai o kēia ʻāpana o Turkey e ʻoluʻolu nei i ke kūlana o Hoʻoilina moʻomeheu UNESCO.
ʻO Turkey, i waena o kāna mau mea kupaianaha, kahi momi liʻiliʻi a nā archaeologists e noʻonoʻo ai i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa o ka honua. Loaʻa ka lāhui iā ia a me kahi moʻaukala i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Mesopotamia, ka Honua ma waena o nā kahawai ʻelua, ʻoiai ka wahi moe o ka lāhui ka Fertile Moon ma waena o nā muliwai Tigris a me nā Euphrates.
A he kuʻuna gastronomic hohonu kāna. Kapa ʻia ʻo Gaziantep. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa i ka mōʻaukala a me ka home i nā lāhui he nui, mai Roma a hiki i ka Ottoman Empire a mai ka Hittites a i ko ʻAsuria, ʻo kā Gaziantep kīʻaha kahi ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole.
No nā kenekulia ʻo ia kekahi o nā hub ma ke alanui Silk, kahi ipu hoʻoheheʻe moʻomeheu a me gastronomic, a i kēia lā ʻo ia ke kapena culinary o Turkey.
I ka 2015, ua kapa ʻia ʻo UNESCO ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale Creative o Gastronomy. ʻO Gaziantep ke kūlanakauhale o ka ʻono o Turkey, kahi huaʻōlelo manaʻo nui ʻole ʻia o nā meaʻai nui. He kūlanakauhale kūikawā ia no kāna mau makahiki 5,000 o ka mōʻaukala ʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea he wahi ia o ka hoʻohaumia moʻomeheu a me ke kālepa ʻana a no ke kikowaena o ka honua i ʻike ʻia no nā kenekulia.
He kūlana koʻikoʻi kona i nā wahi kukeʻai a pau, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea ʻono a me ke anuanu, nā mea ʻai, nā legume, nā mea kanu i hoʻopihapiha ʻia, nā salakeke, a me nā pāpaʻa palai, e hoʻomau ana me ka kebab shish moa a me ke keiki hipa, me nā huaʻai a me nā pistachios, a hoʻopau me ka poʻe kaulana baklava. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mea ʻono i ka pistachio a ʻo ia ka poʻokela gastronomic o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka huahana IGP mua loa a ka lāhui.
ʻO Gaziantep kahi home i ka International Gastronomy Festival, "Gastro antep" nāna e hoʻokipa i nā mea kuke kaulana, gourmets, nā mea kākau meaʻai, a me nā ʻepekema.
I ka manawa o ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻokipa, ka elele nui o Turkey ma ʻItalia, ʻo HE Murat Salim Esenli, i ho'ākāka ʻia ma ka UNESCO Cultural Heritage o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā pilina pili waiwai ma waena o Italia a me Turkey a ma ke Turk Silk Tureke.
