Nevin Halıcı is a Kurdish writer, cultural anthropologist and lecturer on

Turkish cuisine Turkish cuisine () is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, Ottoman cuisine (Osmanlı mutfağı), European influences, Seljuk Empire, Seljuk cuisine and the Turkish diaspora. Turkish cuisine with traditional Turkic peoples, Turkic elements s ...

. Her book "Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook" was the first published cookbook translated from Turkish to English. She has published many cookbooks mostly in Turkish. Those translated into English included books on

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

cuisine, a type of Islamic cooking. She also writes about regional Turkish cooking, and Ottoman cuisine. Halıcı is the sister of lawyer and writer

Mehdi Halıcı Mehdi Halıcı (10 April 1927 – 8 April 2008) was a Kurds, Kurdish writer from Turkey who wrote several novels and books about Kurdish and Turkish culture and history. He was also widely known as Cemşid Bender, the pseudonym he used for books ...

. She has been described as "a sort of Turkish Paul Prudhomme".

Life

Nevin Halıcı is a Kurdish writer and lecturer of

from Turkey. She was born and educated in

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

, before studying home economics and nutrition at

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

in Ankara from 1970 to 1975, after which she studied cookery at

City and Guilds of London Institute The City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies to develop a national system of technical education, the institute has be ...

in England. Halıcı completed her master's degree at Selçuk University in 1991 and her doctorate at Gazi University in 1997. She has published many cookbooks mostly in Turkish. Those translated into English included books on

cuisine, a type of Islamic cooking. She also writes about regional Turkish cooking, and Ottoman cuisine. Halıcı is the sister of lawyer and writer

. Herbook "Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook", published in 1990, was the first published cookbook translated from Turkish to English. She has been described as "a sort of Turkish Paul Prudhomme". Besides writing, Halıcı has also prepared Turkish meals for symposia and conferences, including one for the American Institute of Wine and Food in San Francisco. She named one of her dishes, a variation on imam bayildi using quinces instead of aubergines, after Middle Eastern food expert

Claudia Roden Claudia Roden (née Douek; born 1936) is an Egyptian-born British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist of Sephardi/ Mizrahi descent. She is best known as the author of Middle Eastern cookbooks including ''A Book of Middle Eastern Food'' ...

. In 2021 she founded the Nevin Halıcı Food Culture Foundation.

Life

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