Dishes you should try in Kahramanmaraş: Maraş Dondurması (Maraş ice cream), Maraş Eli Böğründe (Yanyana) (meat and chickpea stew), Maraş Tarhanası (Maraş tarhana) and Maraş Çöreği (Maraş bread roll). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Kahramanmaraş is famous for.
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Ice cream made from goat's milk and salep and given its texture by pounding, with a registered geographical indication.
A regional dish with a registered geographical indication.
Tarhana (fermented grain and yoghurt soup base) with a registered geographical indication.
A çörek (bread roll) with a registered geographical indication.
A pan-cooked dish with a registered geographical indication.
A syrupy dessert with a registered geographical indication.
Eli böğründe, made by wrapping a minced meat filling in dough and baking it, is one of the distinctive flavours of Kahramanmaraş cuisine.
Andırın Andız Pekmezi was registered as a protected geographical indication on 11 November 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1254). Product group: processed and unprocessed fruits, vegetables and mushrooms. Registered by: Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality.
Cevizli sucuk, made by dipping walnut kernels in a mixture of grape molasses and starch and drying them, is Andırın's traditional sweet.
Tarhana made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables, dried and eaten as soup in the winter months.
Tarhana, made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables, is an essential winter soup on Çağlayancerit's tables.
Bread baked in a traditional tandır oven is an essential flavour of village tables.
A local walnut variety of the district, protected through a geographical indication application.
Kahramanmaraş's protected red pepper, dried in the sun and turned into pul biber (flaked chilli). It is an indispensable spice in Turkish cuisine.
Prepared by wrapping lamb with vegetables in greaseproof paper and baking it in the oven. It is one of Kahramanmaraş's distinctive dishes.
Tarhana, made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables, is dried and eaten as a soup in the winter months. It is prepared in autumn and dried to be eaten through the winter.
Bread baked in a traditional tandır oven is an essential flavour of Ekinözü's village tables.
Elbistan Kelle Peyniri was registered as a protected geographical indication on 22 November 2023 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1500). Product group: cheeses. Registered by: Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality.
Elbistan tava, lamb fried in a pan with onions and peppers, is the district's best-known dish.
Small pieces of dough filled with minced meat and boiled, Göksun mantısı is served with yoghurt and a butter sauce.
Tarhana made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables is the soup most eaten in Göksun on cold winter days.
An apple grown among the district's main agricultural products, known for its distinctive aroma.
Tandır kebab, made by slow-cooking lamb in a tandır oven, is Nurhak's traditional flavour.
Tarhana, made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables, is an essential soup in the winter months.
Lamb is wrapped in greased paper with vegetables and baked in the oven.
A salad of roasted red peppers with pomegranate molasses and olive oil, an essential on Kahramanmaraş tables.
A dish counted among the local flavours of Ilıca.
Pazarcık köftesi, made by kneading finely chopped onion and spices and then grilling, is the district's best-known dish.
Tarhana, prepared with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables, is an essential soup on Pazarcık's winter tables.
Eli böğründe, made by wrapping a minced meat filling in dough and baking it, is one of the distinctive flavours of Kahramanmaraş cuisine. Prepared by local people on special occasions, this dish is a symbol of hospitality.
A pepper bearing the name of Kahramanmaraş and holding a protected geographical indication; according to some sources, it is also grown on the Türkoğlu plains. It is not specific to the district.
The anniversary of the end of the occupation in 1920; the city was given the title "Kahraman" (Heroic) in 1973.
On 31 October 2025 it joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of literature.
The tradition of making pounded ice cream, passed down from generation to generation.
A tradition of saz and verse that has produced poets such as Âşık Mahzuni Şerif.
Kahramanmaraş is known for 6 local dishes, above all Maraş Dondurması (Maraş ice cream), Maraş Eli Böğründe (Yanyana) (meat and chickpea stew), Maraş Tarhanası (Maraş tarhana) and Maraş Çöreği (Maraş bread roll). Ice cream made from goat's milk and salep and given its texture by pounding, with a registered geographical indication.
Kahramanmaraş is known for Maraş Dondurması (Maraş ice cream), Maraş Biberi (Maraş chilli flakes) and 12 February Liberation Day. Its best-known sights include Maraş Ice Cream and Kahramanmaraş Castle.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Kahramanmaraş include Maraş Biberi (Maraş chilli flakes), Maraş Sumak Ekşisi Akıtı (Maraş sumac sour sauce), Çağlayancerit Cevizi (Çağlayancerit walnuts) and Maraş İşi (Sim Sırma) (Maraş silver and gold thread embroidery).