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The best Turkish cheeses

The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: White cheese · İzmir tulum · Mihaliç. (Updated Jun 10, 2023.)

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

Defne · · 19 items · 7 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Türkçe). See the original

Top 19

  1. 1

    White cheese

    Brined white cheese, a breakfast essential.

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    1
  2. 2

    İzmir tulum

    Salty tulum cheese of the Aegean.

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    1
  3. 3

    Mihaliç

    Hard, wheel-shaped cheese from the Bursa area.

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    1
  4. 4

    Civil cheese

    Erzurum's low-fat stringy cheese.

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    1
  5. 5

    Edirne cheese

    Famous white cheese of Thrace.

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    1
  6. 6

    Ezine cheese

    White cheese from Ezine of cow, sheep and goat milk.

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    0
  7. 7

    Kars kashar

    Aged kashar from eastern Anatolia.

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    0
  8. 8

    Kars gruyère

    Kars's holey, aged gruyère-style cheese.

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    0
  9. 9

    Erzincan tulum

    Sheep cheese ripened in a skin bag.

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    0
  10. 10

    Otlu cheese

    Van cheese mixed with wild herbs.

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    0
  11. 11

    Çeçil

    String cheese that pulls apart in threads.

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    0
  12. 12

    Örgü cheese

    Braided cheese from Diyarbakır.

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    0
  13. 13

    Dil cheese

    Soft cheese that peels into strips.

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    0
  14. 14

    Halloumi

    Cypriot cheese that does not melt on the grill.

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    0
  15. 15

    Antep cheese

    Boiled and brined cheese from Gaziantep.

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    0
  16. 16

    Ardahan mouldy cheese

    Mould-ripened cheese aged in skin.

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    0
  17. 17

    Divle cave cheese

    Tulum cheese ripened in a cave in Karaman.

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    0
  18. 18

    Lor

    Fresh whey cheese.

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    0
  19. 19

    Circassian cheese

    Circassian fresh or smoked cheese.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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