First Vegan Festival of Turkey in Didim

Vegan products will be exhibited, local flavors will be shared, and there will be concerts and workshops for both children and adults in the VegFest to be organized in Didim district of Aydın on april 29-30.

Çiçek Tahaoğlu

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Turkey’s first vegan friendly municipality Didim, which is a district of Turkey’s western Aydın province, will host Turkey’s first vegan festival on April 29-30.

The Didim Vegfest that aims a sustainable, ethical, environmentalist and healthy life is organized by Didim Municipality, Association of Vegan and Vegetarians (TVD), Didim Tourism Substructure and Service Union (DİTAB) and Tourism Researches Foundation (TURAD).

In the festival, vegan products will be exhibited, local flavors will be shared, and there will be concerts and workshops for both children and adults.

In addition to trekking, workshops of such as raw food, vegan food, local plants and brines are organized. Furthermore, alongside the workshops of drawing, yoga and fairy tale for children, the workshop of “communication of children and animals” in which there are no chains or leashes is among the festival activities.

In the festival, the “best of”s will be voted as well. By joining the voting on Internet, the participants will be able to convey their appreciation for the most successful vegan deserts, products, firms and venues.

The first municipality that declared to be a vegan friendly municipality was Barcelona, followed by Didim. (ÇT/TK)

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Çiçek Tahaoğlu

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Université Marc Bloch’da sosyoloji bölümünden mezun oldu. 2009’dan 2011’e kadar AFP’de fixer ve çevirmen olarak çalıştı. Gazeteci Burcu Karakaş ile Açık Radyo’da Cadı Postası programını yaptı. 2015 Müşerref Hekimoğlu Başarı Ödülü'nü aldı. 2011-2018 arasında bianet’te kadın ve LGBTİ haberleri editörü olarak çalıştı.