Dishes you should try in Batman: Batman Piçik Yemeği (local Batman dish), Batman Şam Böreği (Batman börek), Sason Çileği (Sason mountain strawberries) and Sason Balı (Sason honey). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Batman is famous for.
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A local dish unique to Batman, with a registered geographical indication.
A Batman börek with a registered geographical indication.
Mountain strawberries registered with a protected designation of origin.
Highland honey registered with a protected designation of origin.
Lamb cooked for hours in a tandır pit, Büryan Kebabı is Batman's most famous dish. It is served with warm pide bread at breakfast.
Lamb ribs are filled with a mixture of rice, minced meat and spices, then baked in the oven. It is one of the special flavours of Southeastern Anatolian cuisine. Local families prepare it for special occasions, and it is a symbol of hospitality.
Prepared by grilling fresh lamb liver on skewers. Served with onion, parsley and sumac, Ciğer Kebabı stands out among Batman's street foods.
Prepared by cooking lamb for hours in a tandoor pit, büryan kebabı is a traditional dish also widely eaten in Beşiri.
Made from fine bulgur, the pilaf is cooked with lamb or chicken stock. It is one of the staple dishes of Beşiri cuisine.
Rice and minced meat are stuffed inside lamb ribs and baked in an oven. It is the traditional dish of special occasions.
Büryan kebabı, prepared by slow-cooking lamb for hours in a tandır pit, is a traditional dish that is also widely eaten in Gercüş.
Fine bulgur dough stuffed with minced meat, onion and walnuts, then boiled or fried. İçli köfte is one of the best-known dishes of Southeastern Anatolian cuisine.
Dobo, the traditional dish of Gercüş's Syriac community, is prepared by long cooking of lamb and vegetables.
Listed on the Batman Governorship website among the cultural products of our province.
Roasted in hot sand over a wood fire using a traditional method; in Gercüş they are made by women.
Finely minced lamb kneaded with bulgur and spices and then cooked. It is Hasankeyf's best-known local flavour.
Freshwater fish from the Tigris, served grilled or baked in a tandoor. Şabut (shad) and bıyıklı balık (barbel) are the most popular species.
A stuffing of rice, minced meat and spices is placed inside lamb ribs and baked in the oven. It is one of the special flavours of southeastern Anatolian cuisine.
Prepared by cooking lamb for hours in a tandoor pit, büryan kebabı is a traditional dish also widely eaten in Kozluk.
Made from fine bulgur, the pilaf is cooked with lamb stock. It is one of the staple dishes of Kozluk cuisine.
Rice wrapped in thin yufka dough and baked in an oven, enriched with chicken, almonds and raisins. It is the traditional dish of special occasions.
Lamb cooked for hours in a tandır pit, Büryan Kebabı is a traditional dish also widely eaten in Sason.
A traditional cheese made from the milk of sheep grazing on the Sason plateaus, known for its salty, firm texture. Matured in goatskin bags, it is the best-known dairy product of the region.
Lamb ribs are filled with rice and minced meat, then baked in the oven. It is a traditional dish for special occasions. Local families prepare this dish for special days, and it is a symbol of hospitality.
The first oil in Türkiye was found on Mount Raman in 1940; the Batman Refinery is the symbol of the city.
An ancient city carrying Roman, Syriac, Artuqid, Ayyubid and Aq Qoyunlu layers.
Batman is known for 4 local dishes, above all Batman Piçik Yemeği (local Batman dish), Batman Şam Böreği (Batman börek), Sason Çileği (Sason mountain strawberries) and Sason Balı (Sason honey). A local dish unique to Batman, with a registered geographical indication.
Batman is known for Batman Piçik Yemeği (local Batman dish), Hasankeyf Mehina Sarımsağı (Hasankeyf Mehina garlic) and Oil city. Its best-known sights include Hasankeyf Upper Castle and Hasankeyf Culture Park.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Batman include Hasankeyf Mehina Sarımsağı (Hasankeyf Mehina garlic), Kozluk Domatesi (Kozluk tomatoes) and Gercüş Mezrune Üzümü (Gercüş Mezrune grapes).