During the Ottoman period, poetry was the main literary genre, mainly using Anatolian dialect or Ottoman Turkish, and the main theme was beauty and romance. Ottoman palace literature is deeply influenced by Persian culture, and its literary language is a mixture of Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Different from the tedious palace literature, the folk literature created by Turkish troubadours once praised nature, love and God in simple Turkish. In the 20th century, the language of Turkish literature tends to be simplified, and the theme is more focused on politics, society and people's livelihood. In 1930s, under the influence of Russian poet Mayakovski, Nadeem Hikmet, a great politically controversial poet, wrote liberal poems. Today, Jasar Kemal has become a recognized master of Turkish popular novels with his vivid description of Turkish life. Young Turkish writers often go beyond ordinary social problems and try to explore issues such as women's rights and the opposition between East and West, which have always been welcomed by Turkish intellectuals.
Drawing inspiration from Turkish classical music and Turkish folk music is the source of inspiration for Turkish composers.
Turkey performed well in the European singing competition. 1975 Turkey entered the competition for the first time and won the championship in 2003. In 2008 Belgrade Grand Prix, Turkey entered the top ten among 43 participating countries. In 2009, Turkey sent Hades to participate in the competition, and finally she lived up to expectations and won the fourth place.
Turkish drama originated from Carago's shadow play, which is a traditional performing art, and its style is between the traditional British funny puppet shows Fan Fan and Judy and the American farce comedy stars laurel and Hardy. Since then, Turkish drama has been developing along the tradition of being good at saying achievements. Generally, cafes, parks and other public places are chosen to perform, and the actors are all men. Today, the artistic stage in Turkey is very active, including highly professional drama, opera and ballet companies, as well as a very prosperous film production industry. Many art festivals are held every year, the most famous of which is Istanbul International Art Festival.
Turkish food is very famous in the world. Although the carefully prepared dishes look simple, the delicious fresh ingredients are incomparable to ordinary delicacies. There are also many kinds of dishes: there are all kinds of soups, all kinds of cold dishes, and all kinds of meat dishes and fish dishes. After dinner, there are famous Turkish snacks and cakes, and finally Turkish coffee.
Roast whole sheep is a special dish for Turks to entertain VIPs. Roasting whole sheep means removing the feet and sheepskin of a tender lamb, hollowing out the internal organs, then filling an empty stomach with rice and roasting it on the fire. There are many raisins, almonds and pine nuts in the rice. Roasted mutton tastes delicious, and the mutton is fragrant and tender. The rice in a sheep's belly is just like China's eight-treasure rice, but it's a little salty.
Turkey's alcoholic products are also one of the local characteristics, among which Turkish beer, locally produced wine and Turkey's unique wine (anise) are all first-class.
Among Turkish carpets, silk and handmade carpets are expensive. In addition, there are handicrafts such as fur products, gold ornaments, silverware, bronzes, porcelain, embroidery products and sepiolite cigarette holders. It is particularly worth mentioning that Turkey's sheepsheared leather clothes are fashionable and cheap.