Dishes you should try in Köprüköy: Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit-roasted lamb), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup) and Kadayıf Dolması (walnut-filled kadayıf). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Köprüköy is famous for.
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Cağ kebabı is prepared by roasting lamb on a horizontal spit over a wood fire. In Köprüköy, it has a special flavour from the sheep grazed on the district's pastures.
Traditional soup made with yoghurt, cracked wheat and mint, a nourishing dish that never goes missing from tables during Köprüköy's cold winter days.
Traditional dessert made by wrapping walnuts in thin kadayıf dough, then baking and soaking it in syrup. It is an essential of festival tables in Köprüköy.
These dishes are known throughout Erzurum province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication, cooked on a horizontal skewer over a wood fire and served on the cağ skewer.
Shredded kadayıf filled with walnuts and soaked in syrup; it has a registered geographical indication.
A registered börek made with layers of boiled yufka and cheese.
A registered soup made with yoghurt, wheat and herbs.
A syrupy dough dessert with a registered geographical indication.
A registered traditional dessert made with flour, butter and sugar.
Köprüköy takes its name from the Çobandede Bridge, built in the 13th century in the Seljuk period. This bridge was a strategic structure used to cross the Aras River on the Silk Road route.
Because Köprüköy lies in the Aras River basin, it has been settled since ancient times. Remains from the Urartian, Roman, Byzantine and Seljuk periods are found in the area.
Köprüköy is known for 3 local dishes, above all Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit-roasted lamb), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup) and Kadayıf Dolması (walnut-filled kadayıf). Cağ kebabı is prepared by roasting lamb on a horizontal spit over a wood fire. In Köprüköy, it has a special flavour from the sheep grazed on the district's pastures.
Köprüköy is known for Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit-roasted lamb), Köprüköy Honey and Seljuk Bridge Heritage. Its best-known sights include Çobandede Bridge and Aras River Valley.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Köprüköy include Köprüköy Honey and Civil Peyniri (civil cheese).