About: Teleme cheese

Teleme or teleme peyniri is a white semi-soft cheese made from goat's or sheep's milk and originating in ancient times in the Middle East and Mediterranean. The origins reach back to the nomadic Yoruk and Turkmen Turkic people who have roamed the mountains and plateaus of southern and southeastern Turkey, and is still produced in the traditional method by goat herders as a major part of their sustenance when they are out on the mountains; from fresh, warm goat's milk acidified and coagulated with ingredients foraged there and then, one of which is the sap/milk of the fig fruit.