Although simit is leagues more popular than New York-style bagels in Istanbul, it’s still possible to find this kind of bread in the city. The following bakeries, cafes, and breakfast restaurants are ...

Turkey's traditional "simit" bagels, sold in every corner of Istanbul, have become the key symbol for price increases in a country where, in less than five years, the price has jumped from 3 to 20 ...

According to Maria Balinska, an American journalist, in her charming book-length history, the first written mention of the bagel was in 1610.