Hatay Foodways

Regional

Antakya and its province, its own regional cuisine rather than a branch of anyone else’s: künefe, oruk, tepsi kebabı, hummus, muhammara, zahter, olives and olive oil, pomegranate, bulgur and a very deep meze table. Arabic-speaking, Turkish-speaking, Armenian, Orthodox Christian, Alawite, Sunni and historically Jewish communities all in one province.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Hatay territory

Communities and languages

Languages: North Levantine Arabic, Turkish

What is recorded

Hatay is recorded as its own regional cuisine with documented Levantine, Arab, Armenian and Anatolian relationships. Labelling it simply "Arab" or simply "Levantine" would lose the region, and labelling it simply Turkish would lose the communities. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

related to Arab Foodways documented
related to Levantine Foodways documented

Recipes

No recipes are filed under this cuisine yet.