Students of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts of the Faculty of Tourism of Near East University introduced the local flavors of Cyprus with the “Cultural Food Event”.

Near East University, where students from 143 countries receive education on its campus, continues to instill Turkish Cypriot culture in its students from different countries, in addition to the qualified academic education it provides.

In the “Cultural Food Event” organized by the Near East University Faculty of Tourism and Tourism Research Center, students of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts served local flavors of Cyprus to students who came from many countries of the world and met on campus.

At the event, which was met with great interest, third and fourth year students of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts of the Faculty of Tourism of Near East University prepared Cypriot cuisine specialties such as donuts, pilavuna (a special bread made of cheese, egg) halloumi (Cyprus traditional cheese), çakıstes (a specially made olive), mücendra rice and paluze (a desert made of grapes), which they prepared within the scope of the “Cypriot Cuisine” course, free of charge. At the event, where students and academics welcomed the participants at the food stands, fun moments were experienced accompanied by local Turkish Cypriot songs.

Prof. Dr. Nesrin Menemenci Bahçelerli: “We introduced the Turkish Cypriot cuisine to our students from different countries who met on our campus with the meals prepared by our students.”
Reminding that students from different cultures from 143 countries meet on the Near East University campus, Near East University Faculty of Tourism Dean Prof. Dr. Nesrin Menemenci Bahçelerli said, “We wanted to introduce Turkish Cypriot cuisine to our students from different countries with the local dishes prepared by our students from the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts at the Faculty of Tourism.”

Prof. Dr. Nesrin Menemenci Bahçelerli said, “Getting to know different cultures and having an idea about different tastes are the most important experiences that enrich people. We are very happy to introduce our local dishes, which are an important part of the Turkish Cypriot culture, to our students from different countries. We plan to introduce different world cuisines with the event we will organize in April,”