Dishes you should try in Seyitgazi: Çibörek (deep-fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on flatbread), Seyitgazi Mantısı (dumplings with garlic yoghurt) and Meadow Mushrooms (Kızılpınar Plateau). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Seyitgazi is famous for.
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Minced meat wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil, çibörek is the best-known street food of the Eskişehir region.
Balaban kebabı, a dish specific to Eskişehir, is prepared by pouring doner meat, buttery tomato sauce and yoghurt over pide bread. Because it is made with seasonal ingredients, it offers a different flavour in every season.
Small pieces of dough filled with minced meat, cooked and served with a garlic yoghurt sauce. It is one of Seyitgazi's traditional dishes.
In Seyitgazi, meadow mushrooms are gathered and cooked into a variety of dishes, and are also eaten grilled over embers with salt sprinkled on them. The source is a news report dated 2016.
These dishes are known throughout Eskişehir province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A börek with a registered geographical indication, inherited from the Crimean Tatars, filled with minced meat and fried in hot oil.
A registered halva, similar to pişmaniye but harder and more fibrous.
A simit with a registered geographical indication.
A registered dessert made with cheese, semolina and syrup.
A baklava with a registered geographical indication, shaped like a triangle (muska).
A registered dolma wrapped in cabbage leaves.
Seyitgazi was one of the important centres of the Phrygian Kingdom in the 8th century BC. Yazılıkaya (Midas City) and the rock-cut monuments, temples and tombs of the Phrygian Valley are the most important remains of this civilisation.
The district takes its name from the legendary Islamic warrior Seyit Battal Gazi, who fought against Byzantium in the 8th century. For centuries, his tomb and complex have been an important place of visit and faith.
Seyitgazi is known for 4 local dishes, above all Çibörek (deep-fried meat pastry), Balaban Kebabı (doner meat on flatbread), Seyitgazi Mantısı (dumplings with garlic yoghurt) and Meadow Mushrooms (Kızılpınar Plateau). Minced meat wrapped in thin dough and deep-fried in hot oil, çibörek is the best-known street food of the Eskişehir region.
Seyitgazi is known for Çibörek (deep-fried meat pastry), Lüle Taşı (lüle stone) and Phrygian Civilisation Heritage. Its best-known sights include Yazılıkaya - Midas City and Seyit Battal Gazi Complex.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Seyitgazi include Lüle Taşı (lüle stone) and Seyitgazi Honey.