Abstract

Culinary culture is a tradition of food and beverage in the cooking and consumption process of food in different societies and it is all of the traditions consisting of beliefs and practices developed within this scope. It is one of the most important constituents in cultural heritage and it is a cultural richness that reflects the characteristics of the geography in which societies lived throughout history. Bosniaks, most of whom live in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are a society that continued their life under Ottoman rule for many years. The Bosniaks have established their settlement in different regions of Turkey by coming through immigration. This interaction has brought together many civilizations with Turkish peoples and provided the feature of being one of the nation’s holding an important place these civilizations. In this study, the characteristics of cuisine culture, which have an important role in reflecting the cultural identity of Bosniaks, have been tried to be revealed through an exploratory research. In this context, special days and meals prepared on these days, traditional dishes and cultural interactions of Turkish cuisine have been addressed. A semi-structured interview form which is one of the qualitative research methods was used in the study. According to the findings of the research, it was observed that an important part of Bosniaks living in Turkey tried to sustain rituals and meals which are belong their culinary culture, however these meals were being forgotten by the new generations.