Food, culture and identity are the basic values of societies, as well as the historical process in the formation of national identity. Food and culinary culture, which is at the forefront of material and spiritual values in terms of maintaining the sovereignty, is also an economic source of income...
What is Gastronationalism in the Concept of Nationalism and Nation-State?
There are some concepts in the concept of nation state. While this is not the case for just one country, it represents the majority worldwide. It is their traditions that will keep peoples together.
Food, culture and identity are the basic values of societies, as well as the historical process in the formation of national identity. Food and culinary culture, which is at the forefront of material and spiritual values in terms of maintaining the sovereignty, is also an economic source of income.
The Main Lines of the Need for Ideological Integration in the Protection of Sovereignty and Interests in the Understanding of the Nationalist Nation-State;
* Using Your Own,
* Preferring One's Own Geography,
* Keeping What Is In Your Culture Alive,
* Giving an Example from Your Own History,
* Keeping Your Own Past Alive,
* Preserving traditions
While creating a sense of unity and nationalism, it wants to preserve the cuisine, food and diet, and to keep it alive for material and moral benefits, and to carry it to the future by strengthening it in the same way.
Feasts, banquets and festivities where inter-communal socializing, eating and drinking habits are kept alive in nation states are the organizations where the most important concept of gastronationalism is kept alive.
The historical process in the development of cultures, which are kept alive by food stories, always leads to a unifying and embracing of the general. The fusion components coming from the food culture of different cultures are the clearest examples of embracing.
* Our Kebab, (…….) Kebab
* Our Soup, (…….) Soup
* Our Food, (…….) Meal
* Our Pilaf, (…….) Pilaf
* Our Dessert, (…….) Dessert
States accept that the Cuisine and Food culture in order to direct the societies in Sofra is a sign of unification in every field. It is seen that individuals accept the nutritional diversity belonging to their national territory unconditionally with the understanding of “your diet forms your identity, you are what you eat” and embrace it as a product of their own.
Chief Chef Ahmet ÖZDEMİR
Ottoman and Turkish Cuisine World Envoy
International Gastronomy and Culinary Consultant
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