It is a delicious flavour that has lasted for 45 years…

The name of Arşipel was given by our founder Mr. Özer Türk. Our restaurant, which has not been in service for a while, has started to host our guests again as of 2019 with the name of The New Archipel.
Our Restaurant chef İbrahim usta has been continuing its traditional Archipel flavours with great care for many years.

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It is the ancient name of the Aegean Sea. Archipelago means sea of islands. The name Archipel was used in ancient times to mean “Old Sea.” The Aegean Sea and The Turks first met in 1081 and named this sea as “Islands Sea.”After this period, this sea is referred as “Islands Sea” in Aydınoğulları and Ottoman Sources. Piri Reis completed his book in 1519. It is necessary to know that they call this place “Inter Island” is called “Erso Peloga” In this way, it indicates the Turkish and foreign names of the sea.

Similarly, another Ottoman writer and traveler Katip Çelebi, in his work “Tuhfetül – Kibar Fi Esfari’l – Bihar” (Gifth to Adults about The Sea Wars) he wrote in 1656, he called the Aegean Sea as “Inter Islands”.

Among the examples in Europe, the name Archipelago is quite common.