Land of the Prophets

  • Liver Kebab:

The taste of veal or lamb liver, marinated with various spices and cooked nicely on skewers, is different in Şanlıurfa. Yu can find so many types of kebabs in Urfa for example Aubergine, Urfa kebab etc. The most popular and delicious kebab of the famous city is the liver kebab.

  • Turkish Raw Meatballs:

In contrast to the raw meatballs you can find at every corner of the city, Urfa raw meat is really prepared with meat, meat, bulgur, oil, isot, various spices and greens are prepared for a long time kneading.

  • Thin Pita with Spicy Mince (Lahmacun):

Lahmacun is a food prepared with spices such as mince, parsley, onion, garlic and black pepper, isot on the opened dough, and then cooked in a stone oven. It’s a crispy flavor

  • Juicy Tomato Salad (Bostana):

Bostana is a food that adds flavor to the palates with tomato, pepper, onion, parsley, cucumber, purslane, pomegranate juice and mint leaves, served as a treat at kebab shops and various restaurants in Urfa.

  • Wide-Mouthed (Ağzi Açik):

It is a kind of pastry that is made up of flour, egg and water, met with ground beef mortar and brought into the shape of a wide-mouthed package, fried and cooked. It takes its place at the table in all brunches or dinner of Şanlıurfa.

  • Slutty (Şıllık) Dessert:

The Şıllık (means argot word in Turkish)  dessert, which is prepared with only flour and water, is one of the desserts that offers a lot of flavour with little material and a lot of Walnut placed between the thin dough and poured over the sherbet. Urfa’s fine dessert is among the mildest sorbet desserts.

  • Bitter Coffee with Cardamon (Mırra):

For closing, you can taste Urfa’s distinctive coffee, Mirra. Mirra, which is more bitter and hard than classic Turkish coffee, is very popular with its unique taste and structure.