Dishes you should try in Nusaybin: İçli Köfte (stuffed bulgur dumplings), Kaburga Dolması (stuffed lamb ribs) and Buğday, arpa, mercimek ve pamuk (wheat, barley, lentils and cotton). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Nusaybin is famous for.
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Fine bulgur dough wrapped around a filling of minced meat and spices, then boiled. Made with seasonal ingredients, the dish offers a different flavour in every season.
Lamb ribs stuffed with rice and spices, then baked in the oven. It can be tasted in its most authentic form at local markets and home restaurants.
Counted among the most widely produced agricultural products in the district.
These dishes are known throughout Mardin province; see the provincial food guide for details.
Lamb ribs stuffed with spiced rice; it has a registered geographical indication.
A local börek with thin dough and a minced-meat filling, with a registered geographical indication.
A type of stuffed dish with a registered geographical indication.
A bulgur kofte; it has a registered geographical indication.
A stew made with plums, with a registered geographical indication.
A bread roll with a registered geographical indication.
The Nusaybin Academy (Nisibis Academy) was one of the most important centres of Christian education between the 4th and 7th centuries AD. Theology, philosophy and medicine were taught there.
Nusaybin is known for 3 local dishes, above all İçli Köfte (stuffed bulgur dumplings), Kaburga Dolması (stuffed lamb ribs) and Buğday, arpa, mercimek ve pamuk (wheat, barley, lentils and cotton). Fine bulgur dough wrapped around a filling of minced meat and spices, then boiled. Made with seasonal ingredients, the dish offers a different flavour in every season.
Nusaybin is known for İçli Köfte (stuffed bulgur dumplings), Buğday (wheat) and Nusaybin Academy Heritage. Its best-known sights include Mor Yakup Monastery and Nusaybin Ancient City.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Nusaybin include Buğday (wheat).