Dishes you should try in Göksun: Göksun Mantısı, Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and grain soup) and Göksun Apple. This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Göksun is famous for.
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Famous Dishes of Göksun
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Göksun Mantısı
Small pieces of dough filled with minced meat and boiled, Göksun mantısı is served with yoghurt and a butter sauce.
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Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and grain soup)
Tarhana made with yoghurt, wheat and vegetables is the soup most eaten in Göksun on cold winter days.
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Göksun Apple
An apple grown among the district's main agricultural products, known for its distinctive aroma.
Dishes from Kahramanmaraş Cuisine
What to eat in Kahramanmaraş →These dishes are known throughout Kahramanmaraş province; see the provincial food guide for details.
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Maraş Dondurması (Maraş ice cream)
Ice cream made from goat's milk and salep and given its texture by pounding, with a registered geographical indication.
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Maraş Eli Böğründe (Yanyana) (meat and chickpea stew)
A regional dish with a registered geographical indication.
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Maraş Tarhanası (Maraş tarhana)
Tarhana (fermented grain and yoghurt soup base) with a registered geographical indication.
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Maraş Çöreği (Maraş bread roll)
A çörek (bread roll) with a registered geographical indication.
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Afşin Tava (Afşin pan-fried meat)
A pan-cooked dish with a registered geographical indication.
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Maraş Samsası (syrupy pastry)
A syrupy dessert with a registered geographical indication.
What to Buy in Göksun: Local Products
- Göksun Apple Apples grown in Göksun's cool climate, known for their firm, aromatic character. Starking and Golden are the most widely grown varieties.
What Göksun Is Famous For: Culture and Traditions
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Mountain and Highland Pasture Culture
Göksun is a mountain town set at the foot of the Binboğa and Tahtalı mountains. Migration to the highland pastures and livestock farming traditions shape the district's cultural identity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I eat in Göksun?
Göksun is known for 3 local dishes, above all Göksun Mantısı, Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and grain soup) and Göksun Apple. Small pieces of dough filled with minced meat and boiled, Göksun mantısı is served with yoghurt and a butter sauce.
What is Göksun famous for?
Göksun is known for Göksun Mantısı, Göksun Apple and Mountain and Highland Pasture Culture. Its best-known sights include Binboğa Mountains and Kapıçam Nature Park.
What to buy in Göksun?
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Göksun include Göksun Apple.
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What to Eat in Other Districts of Kahramanmaraş
- Afşin 2 dishes Maraş Tarhanası (Maraş tarhana soup) and Eli Böğründe (meat-filled pastry)
- Andırın 3 dishes Andırın Andız Pekmezi (Andırın andız molasses), Andırın Cevizli Sucuğu (walnut sucuk) and Tarhana Soup
- Çağlayancerit 3 dishes Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and wheat soup), Tandır Ekmeği (tandır-oven bread) and Çağlayancerit walnut
- Dulkadiroğlu 3 dishes Maraş Dondurması, Maraş Biberi and Kağıt Kebabı (paper kebab)
- Ekinözü 2 dishes Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and wheat soup) and Tandır Ekmeği (tandır-oven bread)
- Elbistan 3 dishes Elbistan Kelle Peyniri (Elbistan head cheese), Elbistan Tava (lamb, onion and pepper) and Maraş Tarhanası (Maraş tarhana soup)
- Nurhak 2 dishes Tandır Kebabı (oven-roasted lamb) and Tarhana Çorbası (yoghurt and wheat soup)
- Onikişubat 4 dishes Maraş Dondurması (Maraş ice cream), Kağıt Kebabı (paper kebab) and Maraş Biberi Salatası (Maraş pepper salad)
- Pazarcık 2 dishes Pazarcık Köftesi and Tarhana Çorbası
- Türkoğlu 3 dishes Maraş Dondurması (goat's milk and salep ice cream), Eli Böğründe (minced meat baked in dough) and Maraş biberi (Maraş chillies)