in: Last Term Research in Turkey, Şinasi Akdemir, Editor, lambert academic publishing, Düsseldorf, pp.53-60, 2018
Turkey has hosted many civilizations in history in terms of both location and
geography. It is rich in Ottoman and Turkish cuisine. Although bagel has been
accepted as a fast food item in recent years, the street food that has been on the table
for hundreds of years is one of the richest parts of the Turkish cuisine coming from the
Ottoman Empire. This research; traditional protecting differentiating its existence until
today, but also to determine snacks and fast food as a wide range of consumers
regarding the consumption with consumption wheel appealing to the audience
perception and behavior, in 2017, Turkey's two biggest metropolis (Adana and
Ankara), made by 643 people contains the results of the analysis of survey data.
Although bagel is sometimes referred to as a part of the street food culture, it has taken
its place in our lives as a popular culinary piece with the services offered in recent
years, and it will protect this place for many years. 42.5% of the respondents are female;
57.5% are male. While 5.4% of the participants do not consume any bagel, 36.2%
consume 2-3 times a week, which consumes bagels at the most morning meal (64.1%).
In the first place, preferences for purchasing are ovens (45.6%), and households are
preferred for consumption (32.2%). There are many kinds of pretzels, but most sesame
classical pretzels are preferred (58.8%). As a result pretzels in Turkey; income level,
occupation, age, etc. regardless of where it is seen as an important food product.
Keywords: Adana, Ankara, bagel consumption, consumer behaviors