Origin of cac谋k (tzatziki) :)?

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Is cac谋k (tzatziki) Greek or Turkish?

A friend of mine said that it is Greek but i know cac谋k from my mum. she makes it quite often
what do u think?

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From referrences of ancient authors, among which Artistofanis, Athinaeos and others, we do know that dishes like stuffed vegetables (like courgettes) and vine leafs with smashed wheat grains (rice came to Europe later) were ancient greek. We also know that ancient Atheneans made yogurt (as easily as they made cheese) and mixed it with spices and garlic or onion.
The Bysantines inherited all these recipes and improved them, that is, made them more complicated, while Turks went on, keeping the traditional recipes and inventing new variations.
Let's not forget that sweets covered with honey (sugar to make syrop with was not easy to find) were very popular in Bysantine times, known with the term "plakountia"...
Therefore, a lot of recipes which are common in Turkey and in Greece are of ancient greek origin, though the turkish terms predominated because of the formal language of the Ottoman Empire...
So, yes, dolma, yaprak, lukum (a), baklava, and cacik are of ancient greek origin, at least in their simplier version, adopted by the bysantines, improved by the Turks, and returned to Greece with the refugees in 1922...
We must keep in mind that apart from the written evidence, cultural traditions, like cuisine, just pass from former civilisations to newer ones, as people in the past used to adopt what they liked without discretions...

P.S. The ancient greek word for yogurt is ygeiartos which means "healthy food".....
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I believe that it is a Turkish dish that was brought to Greece during the Ottoman period.

The Greek word "tzatziki" actually derices from the Turkish word "cacik".
Hehehee, it's one million dollar question.

Neither of them will give up claiming on that.
Good Evening Yagmur,

I was heard, Cacik comes from Ottoman Time,
And then, you know, we lived together with Greek Public nearly 300 - 400 Years.

So, we are effecting each other.

However , I was found that site ,
http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~sadi/bilg...

There are lots of words which is using together...

Regards
Turkish people are the first inventors of yoghurt. yoghurt enterd in all the languages from Turkish.And they were making a lot of things from yoghurt so cacik is one of them. It is transfered to Greeks from us in Ottoman times.
All I know is I like eating cac谋k.
Especially pilav 眉st眉 kuru .
Even it can be Middle-Eastern. Don't mind and continue as Hanibal.