Dishes you should try in Narman: Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit kebab), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup), Kadayıf Dolması (walnut-filled kadayıf) and Narman Şeker Fasulyesi (sugar beans). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Narman is famous for.
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Lamb roasted on a horizontal spit over a wood fire. It has a special flavour from the meat of sheep raised on Narman's highland pastures.
A traditional soup made with yoghurt, bulgur and mint; a nourishing dish that is never absent from tables on cold winter days in Narman.
A traditional dessert of fine kadayıf dough wrapped around walnuts, baked and soaked in syrup. In Narman it is an indispensable part of festival and wedding tables.
A local product registered as a protected designation of origin.
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.
Narman, with its fairy chimneys, some 3 million years old, and coloured hills, is one of Türkiye's most important geological heritage sites. These natural formations are living witnesses to the region's volcanic and sedimentary past.
Throughout history, Narman was under Arab, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman control, and briefly under Russian control. After the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, it briefly came under Armenian control, and in 1918 it was incorporated into Ottoman territory.
Narman is known for 4 local dishes, above all Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit kebab), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup), Kadayıf Dolması (walnut-filled kadayıf) and Narman Şeker Fasulyesi (sugar beans). Lamb roasted on a horizontal spit over a wood fire. It has a special flavour from the meat of sheep raised on Narman's highland pastures.
Narman is known for Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit kebab), Narman Şeker Fasulyesi (sugar beans) and Geological Heritage. Its best-known sights include Narman Fairy Chimneys and Narman Five Lakes.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Narman include Narman Şeker Fasulyesi (sugar beans), Narman Honey and Civil Cheese.