Dishes you should try in Beypazarı: Beypazarı Cevizli Tatlı Sucuk (walnut sweet sausage), Beypazarı Dolması (stuffed dish), Beypazarı Havuç Lokumu (carrot delight) and Beypazarı Höşmerim Tatlısı (dessert). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Beypazarı is famous for.
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Beypazarı Cevizli Tatlı Sucuk was registered as a protected geographical indication on 7 April 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1069). Product group: chocolate, confectionery and derived products. Registered by: Beypazarı Municipality.
Beypazarı Dolması was registered as a protected geographical indication on 20 May 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1115). Product group: meals and soups. Registered by: Beypazarı Municipality.
Beypazarı Havuç Lokumu was registered as a protected geographical indication on 20 January 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 999). Product group: chocolate, confectionery and derived products. Registered by: Beypazarı Chamber of Commerce.
Beypazarı Höşmerim Tatlısı was registered as a protected geographical indication on 19 July 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1170). Product group: bakery and pastry products, dough products, desserts. Registered by: Beypazarı Municipality.
Made from 80 layers of very thin phyllo, and only 5-6 cm thick.
Made in stone ovens, it keeps its freshness for one year and is produced only in Beypazarı.
These dishes are known throughout Ankara province; see the provincial food guide for details.
An old Ankara dish in which sautéed meat and vegetables are baked in the oven in meat stock with rice or vermicelli; at weddings, hıdrellez and mesire picnics it is eaten with cacık, pickles and hoşaf.
An indispensable part of the Ankara breakfast.
The best-known pickle of Ankara breakfast tables and dinner tables.
The Beypazarı Traditional Historic Houses, Handicrafts, Carrot and Casserole Festival, held every year in June, attracts thousands of visitors to the district. Traditional handicrafts are exhibited during the festival, and local dishes are served.
In the Ottoman period, Beypazarı was an important stopping place and trading point on the Silk Road route. The name of the district means 'the Bey's market', and comes from the contribution to the local economy of the cavalry stationed there as a military base.
The burial of Gazi Gündüzalp, grandfather of Osman Gazi, founder of the Ottoman state, in Beypazarı connects the district to the oldest roots of Ottoman history.
Beypazarı is known for 6 local dishes, above all Beypazarı Cevizli Tatlı Sucuk (walnut sweet sausage), Beypazarı Dolması (stuffed dish), Beypazarı Havuç Lokumu (carrot delight) and Beypazarı Höşmerim Tatlısı (dessert). Beypazarı Cevizli Tatlı Sucuk was registered as a protected geographical indication on 7 April 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1069). Product group: chocolate, confectionery and derived products. Registered by: Beypazarı Municipality.
Beypazarı is known for Beypazarı Cevizli Tatlı Sucuk (walnut sweet sausage), Beypazarı Kurusu and Traditional Houses and Living Festival. Its best-known sights include Hırkatepe and Beypazarı Historic Houses.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Beypazarı include Beypazarı Kurusu, Beypazarı Havucu (Beypazarı carrots), Telkari Gümüş İşçiliği (filigree silverwork) and Beypazarı Maden Suyu (mineral water).