Dishes you should try in Tekirdağ: Tekirdağ Köftesi (Tekirdağ meatballs), Tekirdağ Peynir Helvası (cheese halva), Çorlu Kuzu Ciğer Sarma (wrapped lamb liver) and Hayrabolu Çerkezmüsellim Köftesi. This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Tekirdağ is famous for.
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Meatballs with a registered geographical indication.
A dessert with a registered geographical indication.
A dish with a registered geographical indication.
Meatballs with a registered geographical indication.
A dessert with a registered geographical indication.
Boza with a registered geographical indication.
Prepared by frying fresh veal liver in thin slices. Made using recipes passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture.
Trakya ciğeri, made by frying fresh beef liver in thin slices, is one of Çorlu's popular flavours.
Prepared by frying thin slices of fresh veal liver. Made with recipes passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture. Prepared by local people on special occasions, it is a symbol of hospitality.
Made from young beef raised on local pastures in the town of Çerkezmüsellim, Hayrabolu district. Registered by the Turkish Patent Institute in 2009.
Prepared by frying fresh veal liver in thin slices. Passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture. The recipe, passed down through generations, varies in each family with small touches.
Malkara Eski Kaşar Peyniri was registered as a protected designation of origin on 6 December 2017 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 261). Product group: cheeses. Registered by: Malkara Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Fresh beef liver fried in thin slices. Prepared using recipes passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture. It can be tasted in its most authentic form at local markets and home-style restaurants.
Featured on the Malkara Cuisine page, which describes two kinds of tarhana: sweet and sour.
A soup featured on the Malkara Cuisine page, in which chopped green herbs are fried in oil and then water is added.
Mantı described on the Malkara Cuisine page, prepared with onion, bulgur and chicken.
Because Malkara has received migrants and because of the local population's food culture, the area has a rich abundance of food.
Fresh fish from the Sea of Marmara are served grilled or fried in seaside restaurants.
Prepared by frying thin slices of fresh veal liver. Made with recipes passed down from generation to generation, this dish is an important part of the region's culinary culture. Its preparation with seasonal ingredients means it offers a different flavour in every season.
Prepared by frying fresh veal liver in thin slices. This dish, passed down from generation to generation through recipes, is an important part of the region's culinary culture. As an essential part of the district's gastronomic identity, it is a favourite of visitors.
With its anise aroma and clarity, Tekirdağ rakı is Türkiye's best-known rakı brand.
Dishes cooked in sunflower oil, the basis of Thracian cuisine, appear on Süleymanpaşa's tables.
Fresh fish from the Sea of Marmara are served grilled or fried at the seaside restaurants of Şarköy.
Red and white wines produced in the Şarköy and Mürefte area. They are high-quality wines made from grapes grown on the slopes of Işıklar Mountain.
Olives grown over large areas in Şarköy. Gemlik-type olives are eaten as table olives.
The Turkish–Hungarian friendship that dates from Rákóczi's years in exile; every year Hungarian visitors come to the Rakoçi Museum.
The tradition of winemaking on the slopes of Mount Işıklar.
The city where the poet and thinker Namık Kemal was born.
Tekirdağ is known for 6 local dishes, above all Tekirdağ Köftesi (Tekirdağ meatballs), Tekirdağ Peynir Helvası (cheese halva), Çorlu Kuzu Ciğer Sarma (wrapped lamb liver) and Hayrabolu Çerkezmüsellim Köftesi. Meatballs with a registered geographical indication.
Tekirdağ is known for Tekirdağ Köftesi (Tekirdağ meatballs), Malkara Eski Kaşar Peyniri (Malkara aged kaşar cheese) and Hungarian bond. Its best-known sights include Rakoçi Museum and Tekirdağ Seafront.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Tekirdağ include Malkara Eski Kaşar Peyniri (Malkara aged kaşar cheese), Seymen Kavunu (Seymen melon), Tekirdağ Soğanı (Tekirdağ onion) and Tekirdağ Yapıncak Salamura Asma Yaprağı (Yapıncak brined vine leaves).