Cuisine · Türkiye

From plov to beshbarmak: the dishes, drinks and sweets of Turkic cuisine.

DishDöner kebabMeat roasted on a vertical rotating spit and shaved in thin slices — a dish that spread from Türkiye around the world.Read more →
Dishİskender kebabBursa's famous dish: thin slices of döner over pide bread with tomato sauce, sizzling butter and yoghurt.Read more →
DishAdana kebabA spicy minced-meat kebab of hand-chopped lamb and tail fat, grilled over charcoal on a wide flat skewer.Read more →
DishLahmacunA thin dough spread with spiced minced meat, tomato and peppers and baked in a stone oven.Read more →
DishPideA boat-shaped open dough topped with minced meat, cheese, egg or kavurma and baked in an oven; the Black Sea pide is especially famous.Read more →
DishKayseri mantıTiny meat-filled dumplings topped with garlic yoghurt and sizzling butter; in Kayseri they say forty should fit on one spoon.Read more →
DishBörekA pastry of thin yufka sheets filled with cheese, meat, spinach or potato; the most famous is su böreği.Read more →
DishSimitA ring of bread dipped in grape molasses and coated in sesame — a symbol of Istanbul's streets.Read more →
DishRed lentil soup (mercimek çorbası)A thick soup of red lentils, onion and carrot — the everyday starter of the Turkish table.Read more →
DishKeşkekA wedding and festival dish of wheat and meat cooked for hours and pounded together. On UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2011.Read more →
DishGaziantep baklavaGaziantep's pistachio baklava — in 2013 the first Turkish product protected by an EU geographical indication.Read more →
DishKünefeA dessert of shredded kadayıf pastry baked around unsalted cheese and served hot with syrup — the pride of Hatay.Read more →
DishTurkish delight (lokum)A soft confection of starch and sugar, flavoured with rose, lemon, pistachio or hazelnut — known worldwide as Turkish delight.Read more →
DishTurkish coffeeVery finely ground coffee brewed with foam in a cezve and served with its grounds. Its culture has been UNESCO heritage since 2013.Read more →
DishAyranA cooling drink of yoghurt, water and salt — the inseparable companion of kebab and lahmacun in Türkiye.Read more →
DishAşure (Noah's pudding)A sweet pudding of wheat, chickpeas, beans, dried fruit and nuts, cooked in the month of Muharram and shared with neighbours.Read more →

Cuisine · Türkiye

Dishes and drinks