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[mongrelcat]

is this an oxymoron or what?

i'm dying here

[dmb]

I know of 3 vegan shops. So I'll share with you.
There is one in Kalavi sok.(2nd right after the church on Istiklal)
One opposite Etap bar(street one before Vakko on the left)
and one here in Cihangir on Akarsu sok.(same street as Leyla, Porte and Smyrna)
Happy shopping

[ghost]

You can be a vegan in Turkey, but it takes some organization and planning.

Ghost loved the 'Kuru Fasulye' in Turkey, and this was indeed somewhat of a staple in the ghost diet. There are also plenty of soups that you could use, and ghost usually started its day with a hearty soup and fresh bread. Kuru Fasulye are beans.....but they are cooked the long way, and not from a can....

Lunchtime saw ghost eat a lot of stuff like stuffed aubergines with a variety of side dishes (salads, more fasulye, etc...).

Assuming (as a vegan) that you cannot eat dairy products (including eggs) your choices are somewhat limited but you can still eat well. There are plenty of dishes which do not have meat. And there are also dishes with meat, which you can also ask the Lokantalar owners to create dishes without the meat, and of course, you can negotiate a cheaper price for the meatless dishes.

Many of the rice dishes (Pilaf) could be eaten without meat, and ghost often simply ate rice, beans with a side salad, accompanied by a delicious glass of cool Ayran

Ghost was not a vegan or vegetarian in Turkey, but still limited meat intake to 3 days a week, and still ate well on the meatless days.

[molly farquharson]

i thought kuru fasulye were made with a meat broth-- so you had better ask. And I suppose you have learned that what many Turks think of as vegetarian means without chunks of meat, though the dish could have been cooked with meat or meat broth. Dikkat!

[dmb]

Kind of related. I have met vegetarians who eat chicken and fish.
So I found this guide to fish in Turkey on mymerhaba.

[Baba Alex]

[bron]

It is possible, and it's possible to do it healthily -- I was surprised how *few* things had "et suyu" when I checked. But it's horrendously boring after a while. I broke down after a year.

[dmb]

[bron]

The breakfasts were the worst for it, and the mezze... oh, that beyaz peynir... and the yoghurt mezzes... temptation on a platter...