Dishes you should try in Söğüt: Söğüt Kebabı (wood-fired lamb), Keşkek (wheat and meat dish), Höşmerim (fried cheese dessert) and Ertuğrul Gazi Pilavı (bulgur pilaf). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Söğüt is famous for.
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Söğüt kebab is a traditional local dish of lamb marinated in special spices and cooked over a wood fire. It is served with lavash bread and charred vegetables.
Made with cracked wheat and meat cooked for a long time and then pounded, keşkek is the traditional dish at weddings and festival tables in Söğüt. It is also served at Ertuğrul Gazi commemoration ceremonies.
Made by frying fresh lor cheese with flour and sugar in a pan, höşmerim is a dessert particular to Söğüt and the Bilecik region. It is at its most delicious when served hot.
A pilaf prepared by Söğüt's cooks with bulgur and a mixture of bone broth and meat stock.
A soup made with cut noodles in Söğüt; it is also known by the name yörük çorbası (Yörük soup).
These dishes are known throughout Bilecik province; see the provincial food guide for details.
Oven-cooked meat with a registered geographical indication.
Mantı with a registered geographical indication.
Mantı with a registered geographical indication.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication.
A lokum made with quince, with a registered geographical indication.
A halva with a registered geographical indication.
Söğüt was the first capital of the Ottoman Beylik between 1281 and 1335. The valley where Ertuğrul Gazi settled with the Kayı tribe has entered history as the land where the Ottoman Empire was born.
Held every year in the second week of September, these festivals are among the largest cultural events in Türkiye. Equestrian shows, traditional sports, re-enactments of the Yörük migration and folk concerts are held.
Söğüt is the settlement of the Kayı branch of the Oghuz Turks. These lands, given as a homeland to Ertuğrul Gazi by the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad, are a turning point in Turkish history.
Söğüt is known for 5 local dishes, above all Söğüt Kebabı (wood-fired lamb), Keşkek (wheat and meat dish), Höşmerim (fried cheese dessert) and Ertuğrul Gazi Pilavı (bulgur pilaf). Söğüt kebab is a traditional local dish of lamb marinated in special spices and cooked over a wood fire. It is served with lavash bread and charred vegetables.
Söğüt is known for Söğüt Kebabı (wood-fired lamb), Söğüt Honey and Founding Site of the Ottoman State. Its best-known sights include Ertuğrul Gazi Tomb and Söğüt Ethnography Museum.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Söğüt include Söğüt Honey and Handwoven Kilims.