It concludes informations about some turkish foods like çiğ köfte(raw meatball), mantı(turkish dumpling), kebab, baklawa, crisp.

2. Çiğ Köfte (Raw Meatball)
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Çiğ köfte is a raw meat dish which contains bulgur, beef,
tomato sauce, parsley and spices.
It is usually served with lavash (thin bread resembling
pide) and lettuce leafs.
It is a favorite Turkish appetizer especially in Adıyaman
and Şanlıurfa.

3. Çiğ Köfte (Raw Meatball)
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It must be meatless in shops of
Turkey. There is a law due to
hygienic necessities. Therefore,
çiğ köfte is, unless home-made,
meat-free in Turkey since a
decade.
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According to lore, çiğ köfte was
invented in Urfa at the time of
prophet Ibrahim. Her mother
mixed the meat with bulgur,
herbs and spices and crushed
the mixture with stone
implements until it was
palatable.

4. Sarma
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Sarma means 'a
wrapped thing' in the
Turkish language, from
the verb sarmak 'to
wrap' or 'to roll'.
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Sarma is hot dish made
of grape or cabbage
leaves stuffed with meat
and rice.

5. Mantı (Turkish Dumpling)
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Mantı dumplings consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually
lamb or ground beef, in a dough wrapper, either boiled or
steamed.
Mantı are typically served topped with yogurt and garlic and
tomato sauce, and topped with ground sumac and/or dried
mint by the consumer.

6. Turkish mantı resembles tortellini.
MANTI
TORTELLINI

7. Mantı (Turkish Dumpling)
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Although there are many
different variations of
mantı, the most praised
type of mantı is known as
Kayseri Mantısı, a special
kind of mantı belong to
Kayseri, an Anatolian city
of Turkey.

8. Adana Kebabı
Adana Kebab is spicy minced meat from Turkey named
after Adana, the fifth largest city in Turkey. It is originally
known as kıyma kebab (minced meat kebab) or simply
as kıyma in Adana.
 It is a long, hand-minced meat kebab mounted on a
wide iron skewer and grilled on an open mangal filled
with burning charcoal.
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9. Adana Kebabı
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The browned kebab is taken out of the mangal, removed
from the skewer and placed on top of a large loaf of
flatbread (mostly lavaş), topped by a pinch of julienned
onions, small diced tomatoes, some parsley, then sprinkled
with a little salt, cumin and sumac and finally wrapped into
a long roll.
Ayran(airan) is more commonly consumed with dürüm
compared to the Şalgam(turnip).

10. Lahmacun (meat with dough)
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Lahmacun is a round, thin piece of dough topped with
minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb) and
minced vegetables and herbs including
onions, tomatoes and parsley, then baked.

11. İskender kebab
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İskender kebab is one of
the most famous meat
foods of northwestern
Turkey and takes its
name from its inventor,
İskender Efendi, who
lived in Bursa in the late
19th century.

12. İskender kebab
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It is a kind of döner
kebab prepared from
thinly cut grilled lamb
basted with hot
tomato sauce over
pieces of pita bread
and generously
slathered with melted
sheep butter and
yogurt.

13. Menemen
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Menemen is a Turkish
dish which includes egg,
onion, tomato and green
peppers (paprika), and
spices such as ground
black pepper, ground red
pepper, salt, oregano, and
mint).

14. Baklava (baklawa)
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Baklava is a rich,
sweet pastry made of
layers of filo pastry
filled with chopped
nuts and sweetened
with syrup or honey.

15. Baklava (baklawa)
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The city of Gaziantep in
southeast Turkey is
famous for its pistachio
baklava. In 2008, the
Turkish patent office
registered a
geographical indication
for Antep Baklava.
In many parts of Turkey,
baklava is often topped
with kaymak or, in the
summer, ice cream.

16. Simit (crisp)
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Simit is a circular bread with sesame seeds.
In the city of İzmir, simit is known as "gevrek," although
it is very similar to the Istanbul variety. The name Simit
comes from the city called Izmit (Smiti in Byzantine).
Simits in Ankara, which is the capital of Turkey, are
smaller and crisper than the ones in other cities. Simits
in Turkey are made with molasses.

17. Simit (crisp)
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Drinking Turkish tea
with simit is
traditional in Turkish
culture. Simit is
generally served
plain, or for breakfast
with tea, jelly, jam or
cheese.