If you ask me what the ultimate Turkish comfort food is, my answer will always be lahana sarması. Tender cabbage leaves stuffed with a delicious mixture of minced meat, rice, bulgur, tomatoes, onions and spices, slowly cooked in a tomato sauce and served with plenty of yoghurt. Honestly, nothing beats it!

If there’s one Turkish salad that deserves more attention, I think it might be Nergizleme. This traditional egg salad from Diyarbakır is almost ridiculously simple: boiled eggs, plenty of fresh parsley and spring onions, a few spices and good olive oil. No complicated dressing, no long list of ingredients and barely any cooking.

If you've been following my Turkish soup series, you probably already know that Türkiye has over 300 (!!) different soups and I've made it my mission to try as many as possible. And the more I discover, the more I fall in loooove with Turkish soup culture. From creamy yogurt-based soups to comforting, protein-packed lentil soups. There's just SO much variety. So, with soup season officially here, I've gather 10 Turkish soup recipes that are perfect for all. Some are super