The tastiest dishes of Turkish cuisine
The top 3 according to 20 votes from people: İskender kebap · Mantı · Döner. (Updated Jul 10, 2024.)
The classic dishes everyone in Turkey loves, the ones that stand out in TasteAtlas' best Turkish dishes list and in local food guides.
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Top 15
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İskender kebap
Bursa's famous dish: döner over pide with tomato sauce, melted butter and yoghurt.
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2
Mantı
Tiny meat dumplings with garlic yoghurt and chilli butter; Kayseri's are the most famous.
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3
Döner
Meat cooked on a vertical spit; the best-known Turkish dish in the world.
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Adana kebab
Hand-minced spicy lamb grilled on wide skewers over charcoal.
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5
Yaprak sarma
Vine leaves rolled around rice cooked in olive oil; loved all over Turkey.
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6
Hünkâr beğendi
Lamb stew on smoky aubergine purée, from the Ottoman palace kitchen.
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7
Pide
Boat-shaped flatbread topped with mince, cheese or diced meat; Black Sea pides are famous.
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8
Lahmacun
Thin dough with spiced minced meat, rolled up with parsley and lemon; a street food favourite.
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Karnıyarık
Fried aubergine stuffed with minced meat, the king of home cooking.
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10
Kuru fasulye with pilav
White beans with meat and buttery rice, the staple of every lokanta.
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11
Mercimek çorbası
Red lentil soup with lemon and chilli flakes; the start of every meal.
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12
Menemen
Breakfast classic of tomato, peppers and egg; the onion or no-onion debate never ends.
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13
Baklava
Gaziantep pistachio baklava has EU protected status; the king of syrup desserts.
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14
İçli köfte
Bulgur shells stuffed with minced meat and walnuts, fried; the pearl of the southeast.
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15
Beyti
Kebab wrapped in lavash with tomato sauce and yoghurt, named after Istanbul's Beyti restaurant.
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Çiğ köfte
Spicy bulgur köfte kneaded with isot pepper, nowadays meatless and eaten in lavash.
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Comments (9)
Best kebab I ever had was Adana kebap in Adana itself. Spicy and juicy.
Karnıyarık annemin yaptığı gibi olmaz hiçbir yerde
çiğ köfte de nerden çıktı ya listeye
Lahmacun limonla ve maydanozla dürüm yapıp yemek... mükemmel.
Baklava yemek değil tatlı ama yine de olmalı tabii 🙂
Antep baklavası başka hiçbir yerde o tadı vermiyor.
Mantı Kayseri'de yenir, gerisi taklit 😄
Mercimek çorbası olmadan bir lokanta düşünemiyorum, iyi ki listede
İskender'in bir numara olması çok doğru, Bursa'da yemeden olmaz.