Food of Turkey
35 traditional dishes · Asia
Cities & regions of Turkey
Istanbul guide 
Adana Kebab
Hand-minced, chilli-spiced lamb grilled on a wide skewer.
Köfte
Spiced grilled meatballs in countless regional forms.
Şambali
Şambali is one of the classic dishes in the dessert tradition of Turkey.
Basma
Başma is a stretched, sugar-sweetened cheese dessert from Bursa, served in glossy mounds and dusted with pistachio.
Turkey ·
Bursa, northwest Turkey 
Kumru
Kumru is a grilled sesame-crusted sandwich from Izmir, Turkey, filled with melted kaşar cheese, tomato and green peppers. A charcoal-grilled Aegean street food classic.
Künefe
A hot Turkish dessert of crisp shredded pastry and molten cheese, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.
Lahmacun
Thin crisp flatbread topped with spiced minced meat.
Manti
Tiny meat dumplings under garlicky yoghurt and chilli butter.
Burma Kadayıf
Twisted Turkish shredded-dough pastry filled with walnuts and syrup, baked in shallow trays and served with tea.
Gozleme
Gozleme is a Turkish flatbread of thinly rolled dough, filled with savoury ingredients such as cheese, spinach, potato or minced meat, and griddled.
Lokma
A golden Turkish dessert of small deep-fried dough balls soaked in cold sugar syrup, traditionally handed out to neighbours and passers-by in the days after a funeral, and sold from street carts across Istanbul.
Saksuka
Saksuka is a Turkish mezze of fried aubergine, potato and peppers in a fresh tomato sauce, served at room temperature with bread.
Sütlaç
Baked rice pudding with a caramelised brown skin.