Saniye Anne Yemekleri ("Mother Saniye Foods") is the YouTube channel of Saniye Karataş, which has over 570,000 subscribers. The videos for her channel are filmed by her son Süleyman Karataş. Karataş, who lives in Izmir,

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, turned 77 in 2018. She insists that a proper ''

menemen Menemen is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey and its central town. The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River. Adjacent districts are, from east to west; Aliağa and Foça to the north and ...

'' is made with onions. (The inclusion of onions in the traditional breakfast dish is an often debated topic in Turkey.) Karataş was born to a farming family in the village of Mersindere, in

Salihli Salihli is a large town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. Geography The city of Salihli, the seat of the district, is located on İzmir-Ankara (E 96) highway and the parallel railway connections. The urban zone is ...

Manisa Manisa (), historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port ci ...

. She started the YouTube channel to help pay for her son's prosthetic leg after his leg was amputated due to a medical condition. Her son first began filming her with a cell phone camera at a time when the family was struggling to pay medical bills. Karataş had recently had bypass surgery, and her son's surgery came soon after. Süleyman uploaded the film to YouTube and it received thousands of hits—Saniye's fans began to send her messages calling her "Saniye Anne" (''anne'' means mother in Turkish) and sending in requests for recipes. She was invited to Google's ''Women and Technology Symposium'' at the

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* {{YouTube, channel=UCn-A6MvsJ64ocussyv0dvoA YouTube channels 21st-century Turkish women