I-Istanbul izoba yindawo yama-38 ukuthi yahlulelwe njengengxenye yezindawo ezihlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni nge-gastronomic yi-Michelin Guides. Inhlangano ezinze eFrance i-Michelin ibilokhu iqondisa ama-gourmet emhlabeni kusukela ngo-1904, lapho i-Istanbul yaziwa ngokuthi iConstantinople. Izincwadi zokuqondisa ze-Michelin ezinekhava ebomvu, kusukela zasungulwa eminyakeni engu-118 edlule, ziye zabhekwa njengebhayibheli lama-gourmands, elinokwethenjelwa kakhulu nelethenjwa kakhulu emhlabeni kuwo wonke amagayidi wokulinganisa indawo yokudlela.
Ekhuluma emhlanganweni omemezela ukufika kukaMichelin eTürkiye, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha, uMehmet Nuri Ersoy, uphawule ukuthi isinqumo sikaMichelin sokwengeza i-İstanbul ohlwini lwayo lwamazwe ngamazwe siwubufakazi bephrofayili ye-Istanbul “njengegastrocity.”
"Le ntshisekelo yenhlangano ye-Michelin emkhakheni wezokudla neziphuzo wase-İstanbul ikhombisa ukuthi iTürkiye ihamba phambili kwezokuvakasha kwe-gastronomy," kusho u-Ersoy. "Umhlahlandlela we-Michelin uzohambisa amabhizinisi ethu, agqamayo ngemvelaphi yawo, ukwehlukahlukana, ukusimama nokudala kwawo, aye esigabeni somhlaba wonke ngophawu olusha lokugunyazwa."
Njengenhloko-dolobha yemibuso yeminyaka eyinkulungwane, Istanbul Sekuyisikhathi eside yaziwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yama-cuisines kanye namasiko e-gastronomic manje atholakala emhlabeni jikelele.
Ezwakalisa isasasa lakhe lokwengeza i-Istanbul emndenini wakwaMichelin, uGwendal Poullennec, uMqondisi Wezizwe Ngezizwe Michelin Guides, ibone ukuthi i-İstanbul ihlabele umhlaba amakhulu eminyaka ngomlando wawo, isiko kanye nobunikazi bawo phakathi kwamasiko. U-Poullennec uthe "ukufakwa komhlahlandlela we-Michelin we-İstanbul kuzokwethula leli dolobha kuma-gourmets emhlabeni jikelele. Igqugquzelwa amasiko asendulo kanye namathalente asemasha, anengqondo evulekile kanye nokudala akha ukuhlonza ukunambitheka kwasekuqaleni, indawo yokupheka yase-İstanbul yamangaza iqembu lethu.”
Ukukhethwa kwezindawo zokudlela zokuqala zase-İstanbul eziqashelwa abahloli abazimele, abayimfihlo nabangaziwa be-Michelin kuzomenyezelwa ngo-Okthoba 11, 2022.