Dishes you should try in Battalgazi: Analı Kızlı Çorbası (meatball and chickpea soup), Kağıt Kebabı (lamb baked in paper) and Kayısı Tatlısı (apricot dessert). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Battalgazi is famous for.
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Traditional Malatya soup made with small meatballs and chickpeas, indispensable on winter tables. Prepared by local people on special occasions, this dish is a symbol of hospitality.
Lamb cooked with vegetables wrapped in greaseproof paper and baked in the oven, a dish specific to Malatya.
A dessert made with Malatya's world-famous apricots, served with kaymak (clotted cream) or walnuts.
These dishes are known throughout Malatya province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A dish with a registered geographical indication, in which stuffed and plain meatballs are cooked in a sour broth with chickpeas.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication.
Stuffed meatballs (içli köfte) with a registered geographical indication.
Dolma wrapped in cherry leaves, with a registered geographical indication.
A local dish with a registered geographical indication.
Arslantepe Mound, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021, is one of Anatolia's most important archaeological sites, with 8,000 years of uninterrupted settlement.
The district takes its name from Battal Gazi, a legendary Turkish-Islamic warrior who lived in the 8th century. The Battal Gazi epic is one of the important narratives of Anatolian folk culture.
Battalgazi is known for 3 local dishes, above all Analı Kızlı Çorbası (meatball and chickpea soup), Kağıt Kebabı (lamb baked in paper) and Kayısı Tatlısı (apricot dessert). Traditional Malatya soup made with small meatballs and chickpeas, indispensable on winter tables. Prepared by local people on special occasions, this dish is a symbol of hospitality.
Battalgazi is known for Analı Kızlı Çorbası (meatball and chickpea soup), Battalgazi Haşhaşlı Dut Pestili (poppy-seed mulberry pestil) and Arslantepe UNESCO Heritage. Its best-known sights include Silahtar Mustafa Paşa Caravanserai and Pınarbaşı Picnic Area.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Battalgazi include Battalgazi Haşhaşlı Dut Pestili (poppy-seed mulberry pestil), Malatya Kayısısı (Malatya apricots) and Pestil ve Köme (fruit leather and walnut snacks).