# Turkey

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / Turkey

6 lists across 2 areas of Turkey — right now, Best Street Food in Kadıköy is the most active. Anyone can contribute: add a place, vote, or start a list.

## Areas
- [Istanbul](/turkey-istanbul.md)

## Lists in Turkey
1. [Best Street Food in Kadıköy](/turkey-istanbul-kad-koy/best-street-food.md) (in Kadıköy) — Kadıköy's street-food scene runs from charcoal kokoreç stalls and bucket-service mussel carts near Moda to a decades-old lahmacun bakery and simit ovens in Yeldeğirmeni. · community starter list
2. [Hidden Gems in Kadıköy](/turkey-istanbul-kad-koy/hidden-gems.md) (in Kadıköy) — Lesser-known Kadıköy spots away from its busy cafe strip, spanning street art, a museum, a park, and old book arcades. · community starter list
3. [Top 10 Restaurants in Istanbul](/turkey-istanbul/top-10-restaurants.md) (in Istanbul) — A cross-neighborhood spread of Istanbul's most talked-about kitchens, from Michelin-recognized modern Turkish tasting menus to century-old meyhane classics. · community starter list
4. [Best Street Food in Istanbul](/turkey-istanbul/best-street-food.md) (in Istanbul) — The counters, grills, and stands Istanbul locals actually queue at, spanning döner, kokoreç, lahmacun, and the city's most storied köfte counter. · community starter list
5. [Best Cafes in Kadıköy](/turkey-istanbul-kad-koy/best-cafes.md) (in Kadıköy) — Kadıköy's third-wave coffee scene, from the roaster credited with starting it to newer micro-roasteries scattered through Moda, Yeldeğirmeni, and the Suadiye side streets. · community starter list
6. [Hidden Gems in Istanbul](/turkey-istanbul/hidden-gems.md) (in Istanbul) — Museums, a working hamam, a quiet park, and a Byzantine cistern that stay well below the crowd levels of Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar. · community starter list
## Around Turkey

Grouped by city — each community's own #1, not a merged ranking. Votes in one city aren't compared to votes in another.

### Best Street Food
- 「Istanbul」 [Beyti](/e/229.md) — Operating since 1945 and now a three-story address in Florya, this grill house introduced the lamb-loin Beyti kebab that carries the family name across Turkish menus today. ([list](/turkey-istanbul/best-street-food.md))
- 「Kadıköy」 [Reks Kokoreç](/e/569.md) — A Kadife Sokak counter turning out grilled, chopped lamb intestine on crusty bread, seasoned with oregano and chili and traditionally washed down with cold ayran. ([list](/turkey-istanbul-kad-koy/best-street-food.md))

### Hidden Gems
- 「Istanbul」 [Museum of Innocence](/e/242.md) — A small museum in the antiques neighborhood of Çukurcuma built around Orhan Pamuk's novel of the same name, displaying everyday objects arranged as a physical version of the book's story. ([list](/turkey-istanbul/hidden-gems.md))
- 「Kadıköy」 [Yeldeğirmeni](/e/490.md) — A once-overlooked residential quarter near Haydarpaşa that has become an open-air street art district since a 2012 mural festival, with dozens of building-sized murals threaded through its old apartment blocks. ([list](/turkey-istanbul-kad-koy/hidden-gems.md))

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