Kisir (also known as 'sarma içi') – a very popular meze or side dish prepared with fine-ground bulgur, tomato paste, parsley, onion, garlic, sour pomegranate juice and a lot of spices
Kzartma, various fried vegetables (eggplants, peppers, courgettes) served with yoghurt or tomato-and-garlic sauce
Köfte – meatballs
Midye (mussels) – fried and served with tarator sauce or as midye dolma: mussels stuffed with rice filling)
Muhammara: see Acuka
Oruk: see çli köfte
Piyaz – white bean or potato salad with onion and vinegar
akuka or in another version köpolu – fried and chopped eggplants and peppers served with garlic yogurt or tomato sauce
Semizotu (summer purslane) salad – served with yogurt
Tarama – a spread made with fish roe
Turp otu salad
A plate of Turkish meze
A plate of ksr decorated with green olives and cucumber pieces
A plate of piyaz