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What to eat in Türkiye

The 10 best dishes in Türkiye

One of the world's great cuisines: kebabs, meze, bread and the breakfast table.

1

Kebap

Best: Gaziantep and Adana

Hand-minced lamb on wide skewers over charcoal, with flatbread, onion and sumac.

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2

İskender kebap

Best: Bursa

Döner over bread cubes with tomato sauce, sizzling butter and yogurt.

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3

Lahmacun

Best: Gaziantep

Thin dough baked with spiced minced lamb, rolled up with parsley and lemon.

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4

Mantı

Best: Kayseri

Tiny lamb dumplings under garlic yogurt and chili butter.

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5

Meze

Best: Istanbul

Cold plates for the rakı table: haydari, ezme, fava, stuffed mussels, white cheese and melon.

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Pide

Best: The Black Sea

Boat-shaped flatbread with cheese, egg or minced meat.

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7

Kahvaltı

Best: Istanbul

A table of cheeses, olives, honey with kaymak, menemen, simit and tea.

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8

Balık ekmek

Best: Istanbul

Grilled mackerel in bread off the boats at Eminönü.

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9

Künefe

Best: Hatay

Shredded pastry around melting cheese, soaked in syrup, eaten hot.

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10

Baklava

Best: Gaziantep

Forty thin layers of phyllo with pistachio and syrup.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.