Dishes you should try in Çubuk: Çubuk Agat Taşı (Çubuk agate), Çubuk Turşusu (Çubuk pickles), Ankara Tava (lamb and pepper casserole) and Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt, tomato and flour soup). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Çubuk is famous for.
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Çubuk Agat Taşı was registered as a protected designation of origin on 6 December 2017 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 260). Product group: other products. Registered by: Çubuk Municipality.
Çubuk pickles, the most famous pickles in Türkiye, are made by fermenting cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, carrots and green tomatoes in vinegar and salt water. The Pickle Festival held every year keeps this tradition alive.
Ankara tava, lamb cooked with onions and peppers in a casserole, is also an important dish on traditional tables in Çubuk.
Tarhana, made by mixing yoghurt, tomato and wheat flour and drying the mixture, is an essential winter soup in Çubuk.
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.
A biscuit baked in stone ovens from flour, milk, butter and yeast, which stays fresh for a year; it received a geographical indication on 14 May 2013.
A sweet with a geographical indication, made by dipping strings of walnut kernels in molasses dough and drying them.
Held every year in September, the festival attracts thousands of visitors to Çubuk with pickle competitions, concerts and cultural events. It promotes the district's pickling tradition nationally and internationally.
The Battle of Ankara, fought in 1402 on the Çubuk Plain, is one of the most important events in Ottoman history. The memory of this battle is an inseparable part of the region's historic identity.
Çubuk is known for 4 local dishes, above all Çubuk Agat Taşı (Çubuk agate), Çubuk Turşusu (Çubuk pickles), Ankara Tava (lamb and pepper casserole) and Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt, tomato and flour soup). Çubuk Agat Taşı was registered as a protected designation of origin on 6 December 2017 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 260). Product group: other products. Registered by: Çubuk Municipality.
Çubuk is known for Çubuk Agat Taşı (Çubuk agate), Çubuk Homaçası and International Çubuk Pickle and Culture Festival. Its best-known sights include Karagöl Lake and 1402 Battle of Ankara Battlefield.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Çubuk include Çubuk Homaçası, Çubuk Turşusu (Çubuk pickles) and Çubuk Vişnesi (Çubuk sour cherries).