Dishes you should try in Nizip: Nizip Zeytinyağı (Nizip olive oil), Nizip Fıstık Kebabı (pistachio kebab), Beyran Çorbası (lamb, rice and garlic soup) and Katmer. This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Nizip is famous for.
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A product registered with TÜRKPATENT as a protected geographical indication.
A kebab made by adding Antep pistachios to minced meat and cooking it on a skewer. It is a regional dish closely associated with Nizip's pistachio production.
A hot soup made with lamb, rice and garlic. It is one of Gaziantep's most famous morning dishes, served in traditional restaurants in Nizip in the morning.
Prepared by filling thin dough with Antep pistachios and cream and cooking it on a griddle. Katmer made with fresh pistachios from Nizip's pistachio gardens is an essential part of breakfast.
A Nizip simit coated with küncü (sesame paste) instead of sesame seeds. Crisp outside and soft inside, it is one of the region's favourite street foods.
A type of olive specific to this region; olive oil production is widespread.
Antep pistachios, collected from gardens in Nizip and sold unprocessed.
These dishes are known throughout Gaziantep province; see the provincial food guide for details.
Made with green pistachios and clarified butter, the first Turkish product to receive EU registration, in 2013.
A registered dessert made with pistachios and clotted cream, eaten in the morning.
A spicy soup made with lamb, rice and garlic, drunk at breakfast.
A lahmacun with minced meat on thin dough, registered as a geographical indication.
A registered festive dish of yoghurt with chickpea-sized meatballs.
Kebab on a bed of yoghurt with smoked aubergine; registered as a geographical indication.
The mosaics removed from the Zeugma Ancient City within Nizip's boundaries are among the most valuable Roman-period mosaics in the world. The 'Çingene Kız' (Gypsy Girl) mosaic has become the symbol of the Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum.
Pistachio farming in Nizip is a tradition that has continued for centuries. The pistachio festivals and harvest events held every year are an inseparable part of the district's cultural identity.
Nizip is known for 7 local dishes, above all Nizip Zeytinyağı (Nizip olive oil), Nizip Fıstık Kebabı (pistachio kebab), Beyran Çorbası (lamb, rice and garlic soup) and Katmer. A product registered with TÜRKPATENT as a protected geographical indication.
Nizip is known for Nizip Zeytinyağı (Nizip olive oil), Nizip Mızar Havucu (Nizip Mızar carrots) and Zeugma Mosaic Heritage. Its best-known sights include Zeugma Ancient City (Belkıs) and Rumkale (Hromgla).
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Nizip include Nizip Mızar Havucu (Nizip Mızar carrots), Nizip Nanesi (Nizip mint), Nizip Patlıcanı (Nizip aubergine) and Nizip Sabunu (Nizip soap).