# The best Turkish cheeses

Ezine, Kars gruyère, tulum, Mihaliç and otlu: Anatolia's favourite cheeses.

- 7 votes · 19 items
- Jun 10, 2023 · Defne
- https://even.best/en/l/3431/the-best-turkish-cheeses

## Top 19

1. **White cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Brined white cheese, a breakfast essential.
2. **İzmir tulum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Salty tulum cheese of the Aegean.
3. **Mihaliç** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hard, wheel-shaped cheese from the Bursa area.
4. **Civil cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Erzurum's low-fat stringy cheese.
5. **Edirne cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Famous white cheese of Thrace.
6. **Ezine cheese** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — White cheese from Ezine of cow, sheep and goat milk.
7. **Kars kashar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Aged kashar from eastern Anatolia.
8. **Kars gruyère** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kars's holey, aged gruyère-style cheese.
9. **Erzincan tulum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sheep cheese ripened in a skin bag.
10. **Otlu cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Van cheese mixed with wild herbs.
11. **Çeçil** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — String cheese that pulls apart in threads.
12. **Örgü cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Braided cheese from Diyarbakır.
13. **Dil cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soft cheese that peels into strips.
14. **Halloumi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cypriot cheese that does not melt on the grill.
15. **Antep cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Boiled and brined cheese from Gaziantep.
16. **Ardahan mouldy cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mould-ripened cheese aged in skin.
17. **Divle cave cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tulum cheese ripened in a cave in Karaman.
18. **Lor** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fresh whey cheese.
19. **Circassian cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Circassian fresh or smoked cheese.

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