Fifty-eight-year-old Burhan Yilmaz is on his feet for more than 12 hours a day, selling the main fuel for millions of busy Istanbul residents – simit, the legendary Turkish bagels with sesame seeds.

In Turkey, simit is the backbone of the morning table, served with spreads, eggs, and cheese. This version, made in Turkey, keeps that same crunch and chewy center. Derin Yilmaz began her editorial ...

There is something in Müslüm Sümbül’s singsong cry — that unmistakable call of the simit seller — that seems to charm Istanbul into opening up. As he walks, hands appear out of basement windows. Busy ...

The Turkish word “simit” has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), prompting celebrations on social media as well as calls for a new emoji to represent the circular-shaped bread. The OED, in ...

A team of researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Adobe, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Toronto, Texas A&M and the University of ...

Siemens is launching Version 9 of Simit, marking a new generation of its acclaimed virtual commissioning and plant operator training simulation software. The new software generation is based on a ...

From top, clockwise: a Nutella achma, tahini pastry, mozzarella poacha, walnut baklava, and a chocolate-raisin pastry. Credit: Photo by Erika Kwee So when I happened upon a Instagram image featuring ...

Doner, lahmacun, and simit topped the list of Türkiye’s most popular food choices in 2025, according to an analysis of nationwide ordering data that mapped consumers’ preferences across days, months, ...

Simulation technologies have numerous uses, many of which are focused on simulating plant processes to assess optimal operations and test possible plant configurations. Another use of simulation ...

Simit & Chai is a Turkish bakery and cafe where bagels and tea are the specialty. Owners John (Candeniz) and Dee (Duygu) Ulgen took over the King Street address that was formerly a hair salon and have ...