Local Dishes

1. döner kebap

   Döner kebap (meat roasted on a turning vertical spit)

2. İskender kebap

   İskender kebap (döner over bread with tomato sauce and yoghurt)

3. Adana kebabı

   Adana kebabı (spicy hand-minced meat grilled on a skewer)

4. şiş kebabı

   Şiş kebabı (cubed meat grilled on a skewer)

5. köfte

   Köfte (meatballs / grilled minced-meat patties)

6. lahmacun

   Lahmacun (thin flatbread baked with minced meat on top)

7. pide

   Pide (flat leavened bread, often topped like a boat-shaped pizza)

8. mantı

   Mantı (tiny dumplings served with yoghurt and sauce)

9. menemen

   Menemen (eggs scrambled with tomato, green pepper and onion)

10. karnıyarık

    Karnıyarık (fried aubergine split and stuffed with minced meat)

11. imambayıldı

    İmambayıldı (aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic and tomato in olive oil, meat-free)

12. yaprak sarması

    Yaprak sarması (vine leaves rolled around rice or minced meat)

13. gözleme

    Gözleme (thin dough folded over a filling and cooked on a griddle)

14. simit

    Simit (ring-shaped bread coated in sesame)

15. çiğ köfte

    Çiğ köfte (spiced fine bulgur kneaded into small patties, served uncooked)

16. mercimek çorbası

    Mercimek çorbası (lentil soup)

17. kuru fasulye

    Kuru fasulye (white beans stewed in tomato sauce)

18. kumpir

    Kumpir (large baked potato mashed and loaded with toppings)

19. kokoreç

    Kokoreç (lamb intestines wrapped on a spit and grilled over embers)

20. midye dolma

    Midye dolma (mussels stuffed with spiced rice)

21. balık ekmek

    Balık ekmek (grilled fish sandwich)

22. çoban salatası

    Çoban salatası ("shepherd's salad" of tomato, cucumber, pepper and onion)

23. meze

    Meze (small dishes eaten alongside drinks)

24. baklava

    Baklava (layered filo pastry with nuts, soaked in syrup)

25. künefe

    Künefe (hot shredded-pastry dessert filled with cheese)

26. lokum

    Lokum (Turkish delight)

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