However, most of the time they don't speak a word of English, German, or anything but Turkish in the villages. We declined most invites because we wanted to ride till sunset to avoid the heat. We usually rode from 9am till 8pm with a few hours off during mid-afternoon. The food was very good, although the veggies were too olive-oily. The tomatoes were consistently among the best I've eaten, and we ate them at most meals.
Chile peppers are common, too.
Lots of kebabs. Melons were often the dessert. I skipped the oily baklava's. We never got sick. Uphills were ok if we had a breeze, I just looked at the altimeter instead of the KM of the cyclo-cpu.