# The tastiest dishes of Turkish cuisine

The classic dishes everyone in Turkey loves, the ones that stand out in TasteAtlas' best Turkish dishes list and in local food guides.

- 20 votes · 16 items
- Jul 10, 2024 · Defne
- https://even.best/en/l/97/the-tastiest-dishes-of-turkish-cuisine

## Top 15

1. **İskender kebap** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bursa's famous dish: döner over pide with tomato sauce, melted butter and yoghurt.
2. **Mantı** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tiny meat dumplings with garlic yoghurt and chilli butter; Kayseri's are the most famous.
3. **Döner** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Meat cooked on a vertical spit; the best-known Turkish dish in the world.
4. **Adana kebab** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hand-minced spicy lamb grilled on wide skewers over charcoal.
5. **Yaprak sarma** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Vine leaves rolled around rice cooked in olive oil; loved all over Turkey.
6. **Hünkâr beğendi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lamb stew on smoky aubergine purée, from the Ottoman palace kitchen.
7. **Pide** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Boat-shaped flatbread topped with mince, cheese or diced meat; Black Sea pides are famous.
8. **Lahmacun** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin dough with spiced minced meat, rolled up with parsley and lemon; a street food favourite.
9. **Karnıyarık** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried aubergine stuffed with minced meat, the king of home cooking.
10. **Kuru fasulye with pilav** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — White beans with meat and buttery rice, the staple of every lokanta.
11. **Mercimek çorbası** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Red lentil soup with lemon and chilli flakes; the start of every meal.
12. **Menemen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Breakfast classic of tomato, peppers and egg; the onion or no-onion debate never ends.
13. **Baklava** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gaziantep pistachio baklava has EU protected status; the king of syrup desserts.
14. **İçli köfte** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bulgur shells stuffed with minced meat and walnuts, fried; the pearl of the southeast.
15. **Beyti** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kebab wrapped in lavash with tomato sauce and yoghurt, named after Istanbul's Beyti restaurant.
16. **Çiğ köfte** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spicy bulgur köfte kneaded with isot pepper, nowadays meatless and eaten in lavash.

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