Turkish Weddings

Turkish Weddings posts cover the rituals around a traditional wedding in Turkey. Articles look at the evening henna kina gecesi held the night before with women only, the bride’s red veil and the song traditions for making her cry, the religious nikah ceremony, the civil ceremony performed by a state registrar, the long reception with gold and money pinned to the bride’s dress, the wedding cake cut at midnight and the regional differences between the Black Sea, Aegean and southeastern weddings. There are also notes on the gold price tracking on the day of the engagement and on the bride price tradition that survives in some regions.