About Me

I’m Hale! Fell in love with a Dutch man, got married and moved to Eindhoven from Istanbul in 2016.  Before my life in Eindhoven I was lucky enough to work in the heart of music and art festivals with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) while working at a digital marketing agency too.

Watching my mother cook for years has rewarded me after I started craving her food and had to cook them on my own. Not being able to find a job in my field in Eindhoven, I started to practice cooking my mom’s foods whenever I missed her cooking and whenever I felt homesick. 

After much positive feedback and encouragement, I decided to share the diversity of Turkish cuisine with a wider audience. Almost all of my recipes belong to my family and I cook Turkish food that is hard to find in Eindhoven. 

Turkish Food has so much more to offer than just kebabs; in order to show that I share weekly homemade take away menus, do private and corporate catering, and give Turkish food workshops since 2019. Afiyet olsun! Eet smakelijk!