Living in Turkey means we get to indulge in lots of popular dishes at local authentic Turkish restaurants. But we also love to cook at home, with fresh, seasonal, local ingredients, trying out our next Turkish recipes.
This page is our recipe index, featuring all the easy Turkish recipes that are on our website.

It’s grouped into different sections with pictures so that you can quickly find the traditional turkish foods, main courses or easy dinners you want to try out.
Some of the Turkish recipes are completely traditional whilst others have our own little take on them.
Well, we do like to experiment in the kitchen.
All Of Our Turkish Recipes In One Place…
Turkish Soups
Soup is an integral part of Turkish cuisine and it’s eaten at all times of day and night.
Don’t be surprised to see Turkish people in 24-hour lokantas eating soup with a side salad and chillies at 4am, for example.
It’s just what you do here. And why not?
Just don’t forget to eat it with lots of delicious Turkish crusty bread!
We love homemade soups and still have quite a few Turkish soup recipes to work through…

A Recipe For Sour Chicken Soup – Ekşili Ve Terbiyeli Tavuk Çorbası

Beyran Soup Recipe – Traditional Gaziantep Breakfast

Courgette Soup With Potato – Turkish Patatesli Kabak Çorbası

Easy Red Lentil Soup Recipe – A Turkish Favourite

Potato & Broccoli Soup Recipe – A Steaming Bowl Of Winter Comfort

Pumpkin Soup Recipe – A Taste Of Autumn

Sebzeli Uskumru Çorbası – A Turkish Mackerel Soup Recipe

Simple Turkish Tomato Soup Recipe (Domates Çorbası)

Tarhana Soup – The Ultimate In Turkish Recipes?

The Best Turkish Soups – Recipes & Top Soups To Try

Turkish Green Lentil Soup Recipe – The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating
Turkish Meze & Salad Recipes
When you’re sat round any dining area in Turkey, there will always be meze plates and fresh Turkish salads of some description.
Because of the hot summers in Fethiye, we tend to experiment with lots of different meze recipes so we can have light foods in the fridge to graze on.
So, as you can see, our recipe section for Turkish meze and salads is quite sizeable and we’re always adding to it.

A Homemade Coleslaw Recipe – Lahana Salatası

A Recipe For Turkish Pickles (Turşu) & Why You Should Be Eating Them…

A Turkish Potato Salad Recipe: Patates Salatası

Antalya Style Piyaz Recipe – Made With Love

Antep Ezme Recipe – Hot & Spicy Turkish Tomato Salad

Atom Meze Recipe – Turkish Yoghurt Dip With Chilli

Baba Ganoush – A Turkish Meze Of Yoghurt & Aubergine

Broad Bean Salad With Orzo – The Colours Of Springtime On A Plate

Brokoli Salatası – A Tempting Turkish Broccoli Salad

Cacık Recipe – Turkish Yoghurt & Cucumber Dip

Chickpea Salad – Turkish Summery Goodness

Crispy-Fried Morel Mushrooms Recipe

Domates Soslu Patlıcan Biber Kızartma – Fried Aubergines & Peppers In Tomato Sauce

Easy Turkish Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe – Mantar Dolması

Fasulye Ezmesi – A Tasty Turkish White Bean Dip Recipe

Favourite Meze Dishes? Kısır Is There For Us

Figs With Blue Cheese, Walnuts and Pastırma – A Seasonal Treat

Five Fab Summer Turkish Meze Dishes For Barbecue Season

Fried Chicken Livers With Black-Eyed Beans – A Super Tasty Superfood Meze

Garlic Yoghurt With Carrots – Sarımsaklı Yoğurtlu Havuç Salatası

Gavurdağı Salad – A Tomato & Walnut Salad Packed With Zing

Geren – A Yoghurt-Based Meze With A Taste Of The Sea

Green Pea & Feta Salad Recipe – Spring In A Bowl

Haydari And Chilli Yoghurt – Two Meze Recipes Using A Turkish Staple

Healthy Mung Bean Salad Recipe

Hi, Chayote Squash. Or Should That Be Rodos Kabağı?

It’s Melon Season – Time To Indulge In Refreshing Melon Salad (Kavun Salatası)

Lentil Köfte Recipe (Turkish Mercimek Köftesi)

Muhammara Recipe – A Tasty Red Pepper & Walnut Dip

Okra In Olive Oil Recipe (Zeytinyağlı Bamya)

Our Quick Turkish Spaghetti Recipe

Oven Baked Courgette Fritters Recipe – Kabak Mücveri

Purslane & Tomato Salad Recipe – A Tasty Bowl Of Summer Colour

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Two Ways – With A Turkish Twist

Roasted Cauliflower With Tahini Sauce & Pomegranate

Roasted Cauliflower With Yoghurt Dip Recipe

Şakşuka Recipe – More Aubergine Love

Sauteed Swiss Chard – Turkish Pazı Kavurma

Shepherd’s Salad – When Simple Is Genius

Spinach Stem Salad Recipes – Ispanak Kökü Salatası

Spinach With Yoghurt – A Turkish Borani Recipe

Tasty & Easy Turkish Orzo Salad Recipe – Arpa Şehriye Salatası

The Best Quick & Easy Homemade Hummus Recipe

The Best Turkish Salad Recipes – Our Favourites

Turkish Aubergine Salad Recipe – Ideal For Summer

Turkish Barbunya Pilaki Recipe – Borlotti Beans In A Tomato & Olive Oil Stew

Turkish Green Beans In Olive Oil Recipe – Zeytinyağlı Taze Fasulye

Turkish Green Lentil Salad Recipe – Ideal For Summer!

Turkish Pickled Red Cabbage

Turkish Recipes: Biber Dolması (Stuffed Peppers With Rice)

Turp Otu Salatası – A Recipe For Wild Radish Leaf Salad
Turkish Rice & Bulgur Wheat Recipes
As well as legumes, rice and bulgur wheat are also staples.
Whilst they are often served as accompaniments to other foods, there are also many Turkish dishes where rice or bulgur wheat is the star ingredient.
Here are our Turkish recipes using either of these two staples.

Cooking With Edible Wild Plants The Turkish Way – Bulgurlu Çiriş Otu Yemeği

Domatesli Bulgur Pilavı – Turkish Bulgur Pilaf With Tomatoes

Favourite Meze Dishes? Kısır Is There For Us

Hamsili Pilav – A Black Sea Recipe Of Oven Baked Pilaf Encased In Fresh Anchovies

Our Turkish Rice Recipe

Recreating A Street Food Favourite – Our (Tavuklu) Nohutlu Pilav Recipe

Stuffed Courgettes Recipe – Kabak Dolması

Turkish Chicken & Rice Traybake Recipe – Tavuk Kapama

Turkish Recipes: Baked Stuffed Peppers With Bulgur Wheat Filling

Turkish Recipes: Biber Dolması (Stuffed Peppers With Rice)

Turkish Recipes: Ispanaklı Bulgur Pilavı
Turkish Meat & Seafood Recipes
It’s difficult to bracket each Turkish recipe into its own neat little box, so, in this section are all the dishes that fall into the meat and seafood category.
Many of them are main meals such as grills and stews. And there are some Ottoman recipes, too.
Although Turkey has a huge coastline, Turkish cuisine isn’t often associated with seafood.
But more chefs are definitely experimenting with adapting Turkish dishes to find different ways to include seafood in their creations.

A Celebration Of Karadeniz Hamsi – Fresh Anchovies From The Black Sea

Ali Nazik Kebab – Pure Indulgence On A Plate

Cabbage Rolls Recipe – Etli Lahana Sarması

Chicken Shish Kebab Recipe – Authentically Turkish

Delicious Adana Kebab Recipe – A Turkish Favourite

Eating Seasonally – A Recipe For Çıntar Mushrooms With Sucuk

Et Sote Recipe – A Turkish Beef Saute In Tomatoes

Etli Kapuska Recipe – Turkish Cabbage Stew With Meat

Güveçte Sucuk Recipe – Turkish Spicy Sausage Casserole

Hamsili Pilav – A Black Sea Recipe Of Oven Baked Pilaf Encased In Fresh Anchovies

Hünkar Beğendi Recipe – Ottoman Cuisine At Its Best

Iskender Kebab Recipe – Turkey’s Famous Kebab Made At Home

Karnıyarık – A Classic Turkish Stuffed Aubergine Recipe

Köfte Recipe & An Ode To One Of Turkey’s Favourite Foods

Sauteed Brussels Sprouts With Chestnuts & Sucuk

Tekirdağ Köftesi Recipe – A Famous Regional Dish

Turkish Food – Saturday Night Chicken Wings

Turkish Musakka Recipe – A Dish For All Seasons

Turkish Recipes: Domates Soslu Misket Köfte

Turkish Recipes: Kadın Budu Köfte (Lady Thigh Meatball)

Turkish Recipes: Recreating Our Ankara Kayseri Mantısı At Home

Yeni Dünya Kebab – The Best Way To Celebrate Loquat Season
Turkish Casserole & Stew Recipes
Turkish casseroles and stews are a famous and well loved part of the country’s cuisine.
In Turkish recipes, these main dishes are known as ‘güveç’ and ‘tencere’ which is the name for the pots and pans used to cook them.
Tencere dishes are usually stew dishes cooked on the hob.

Ekşili Balık – A Lemony Turkish Fish Stew Recipe

Erik Tavası Recipe – Sauteed Greengage With Chicken

Imam Bayıldı Recipe – Turkish Stuffed Aubergines

Izmir Köfte Recipe – A Regional Favourite & Home Favourite

Karnabahar Yemeği – A Recipe For Turkish Cauliflower Stew

Lamb & Chickpea Stew Recipe – Perfect For Cold Winter Days

Turkish Food – Ekşili Patlıcan (Sour Aubergine)

Vegetable Güveç Recipe – Flavours Of The Season
Turkish Bread & Börek Recipes
What is Turkish cuisine without bread and börek recipes?
There are loads of different delicious Turkish recipes out there that centre around different types of dough.
And we’ve only just managed to scratch the surface.
There’s something really nice about going to the yufkacı to buy circular leaves of freshly made yufka (phyllo pastry) and taking it home to work with it and produce a börek meal.
Rolling out puff pastry or kneading a dough to make Turkish pide and ekmek (bread).
All very comforting kitchen activities!
Definitely more Turkish börek recipes on the way…

For The Love Of Pide – Recipe & Favourite Fillings

Homemade Authentic Turkish Balloon Bread Recipe

Homemade Lahmacun Recipe (Turkish Pizza)

How To Make Sigara Böreği (Turkish Cheese Rolls)

Kol Böreği – A Spinach & Cheese Börek Spiral

Paçanga Böreği Recipe – A Turkish Favourite

Quick & Easy Turkish Puff Pastry Apple Tart Recipe

Rose Börek With Potato & Spinach – Patatesli Ispanaklı Gül Böreği

Saffron Milk Cap Mushroom & Spinach Börek Recipe

Seafood Filo Triangles – Turkish Pastry Pockets Filled With Flavours Of The Ocean

Sebzeli Kıymalı Tepsi Böreği Recipe – Minced Beef & Vegetable Filo Pie

Spinach & Potato Puff Pastry Rolls – A Dream Combination
Turkish Legume Dishes
‘Legumes’ is a posh (and shorter) explanation for all those lentil, beans and pea dishes you probably already know.
Legumes feature heavily in Turkish cuisine – so here is a good guide to some of the many benefits of legumes.
The shelves of shops and supermarkets are usually packed with bags of dried legumes of all sizes.
You can also buy them loose from the local markets.
Here are our some Turkish dishes and healthy recipes featuring legume ingredients…

Antalya Style Piyaz Recipe – Made With Love

Etli Kuru Fasulye Recipe – Turkish White Bean Stew With Meat

Fasulye Ezmesi – A Tasty Turkish White Bean Dip Recipe

Healthy Mung Bean Salad Recipe

Homemade Falafel Recipe

Lentil Köfte Recipe (Turkish Mercimek Köftesi)

Sucuklu Bakla – A Turkish Take On A Popular Broad Beans Recipe

The Best Quick & Easy Homemade Hummus Recipe

Turkish Barbunya Pilaki Recipe – Borlotti Beans In A Tomato & Olive Oil Stew

Turkish Green Beans In Olive Oil Recipe – Zeytinyağlı Taze Fasulye
Turkish Breakfast & Light Lunch Ideas
Mmmm, we love us a long, lazy Sunday out, enjoying a Turkish village breakfast.
But there are lots of other breakfast, light lunch & snack recipes out there, too.
These are just some of the breakfast and light lunches we’ve done so far – definitely more to come!

A Simple But Oh-So-Satisfying Celebration Of Nectarine Season

Egg Muffin Recipe – A La Turka-Style

Eggy Bread – Perfect Brunch Comfort Food

Garlic Mushrooms On Toast

How To Make Çılbır – Turkish Poached Eggs On A Bed Of Garlic Yoghurt

Kahvaltılık Sos – The Best Homemade Ketchup

Menemen – A Recipe For Turkish Scrambled Eggs With Tomatoes & Vegetables

Puff Pastry Strawberry Tart Recipe – Success From Failure

Spinach & Eggs Recipe – Breakfast, Lunch Or Dinner

Sucuk & Eggs Recipe – A Dream Turkish Combination

Tasty Turkish Potato Cake Recipe – Patatesli Kek

Tost Recipe – The Ultimate Turkish Toastie

Turkish Fried Eggs Recipe – Sahanda Yumurta
Best Turkish Desserts
The people of Turkey love their sweet foodie offerings, with Turkish Delight being an obvious contender for one of the country’s most famous exports.
There’s a whole array of traditional Turkish desserts out there for those of you with a sweet tooth.
However, if you haven’t got a sweet tooth (like us), diving head first into those Turkish dishes which cheerfully celebrate mounds of sugar; it can all feel quite mind boggling.
As you can see below, our dabblings with the sweeter side of the recipes of Turkey are a tad on the rare side.
A bit easier on the sugar content, too.

Kabak Tatlısı – Turkish Pumpkin Dessert Recipe

Puff Pastry Strawberry Tart Recipe – Success From Failure

Quick & Easy Turkish Puff Pastry Apple Tart Recipe

Revani Recipe – A Semolina Cake Drenched In Zesty Syrup

Summer Fruit Frozen Yoghurt – A Sweet Mix Of Seasonal & Local Ingredients

Sütlaç Recipe – Rice Pudding, Turkish-Style

Turkish Mosaic Cake Recipe – A Yummy Chocolate Treat
Condiments
Turkish cuisine is often enhanced by a variety of condiments, which not only elevate dishes but also serve as essential components in the traditional Turkish dining experience. They are often enjoyed as part of a meze spread.
Here are a few Turkish condiment recipes that we often make at home.

A Recipe For Turkish Pickles (Turşu) & Why You Should Be Eating Them…

Antep Ezme Recipe – Hot & Spicy Turkish Tomato Salad

Cacık Recipe – Turkish Yoghurt & Cucumber Dip

Kahvaltılık Sos – The Best Homemade Ketchup

Muhammara Recipe – A Tasty Red Pepper & Walnut Dip

The Best Quick & Easy Homemade Hummus Recipe

Turkish Pickled Red Cabbage

Turkish Spice Blend Recipe (Baharat Seasoning Mix)
More New Recipes Coming Soon…
Because of the size of the country, Turkey has many different climates and landscapes.
This means the cuisine varies from region to region, giving us a whole array of Turkish dishes to tickle your taste buds and experiment with.
Wherever we travel to in the country, even if it is to somewhere relatively close by, we usually come back armed with at least one new easy recipe to try out.
That’s because we’ve discovered a dish we’ve never seen before.
Slowly, slowly, each new Turkish recipe we do will appear on this page…
Happy cooking & Afiyet olsun!