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Didim has many Cafes and Patisseries shops which serve hot and cold Turkish and International cuisines.

Some are located on the Atatürk Boulevard and others are located in the city centre.

About Turkish Pastries

Turkish desserts mainly fall into one of three categories:

Desserts made with fruits and vegetables

Many fresh and dried fruits are stewed into compotes in which the fluid is as important an element as is the fruit itself. Desserts that are made from apricots or figs are given a topping of fresh clotted cream and sometimes crushed walnuts. The same topping is used on Kabak Tatlisi, an extraordinary dessert made by cooking pieces of pumpkin in syrup.

Milk-based desserts

These include a wide variety of puddings, some of which are baked. Keskul is an almond based milk pudding and garnished with coconut shaving or pistachio nuts. Gullac is a lovely confection of thin sheets of pastry in a milk sauce to which rosewater is added. Other desserts are "Tavuk gogsu" and "Kazan dibi."

Pastry-based desserts

These include world-famous Baklava, as well as Kadayif which are made from shredded pastry baked in syrup, often filled with pistachio nuts, walnuts or clotted cream. Others are as followed: Revani - a sweet made from semolina. Hanim gobegi and Sekerpare - are two kinds of small sweet cake. Yogurt tatlisi - made with yogurt. Badem tatlisi - made with almonds. And last but not least Lokma, which is deep-fried lumps of batter served in syrup.

The Different Types of Turkish Pastries

Altogether there are about 25-30 basic recipes for desserts known but with the addition of local variations the number rises very quickly to approximately 200. The essence of traditional Turkish cuisine lies in the details be it an elaborate pastry or a simple stewed fruit.

Turkish cuisine has a wide range of savoury and sweet pastries. Dough based specialities form an essential part of traditional Turkish cuisine. Below we have listed the different types of pastries.

The most common of all is the Simit which is circular bread with sesame seeds. The characteristics of simit (size, crunchiness, etc.) tend to vary by region. Simit is generally eaten plain, or for breakfast with jam or cheese.

Another common pastry is Borek which is the general name for salty pastries made with yufka (phyllo dough), which consists of very thin layers of dough.

A couple of types of borek are:

- Su (water) boregi, made with boiled phyllo layers-cheese-parsley, is the most frequently eaten.

- Cig borek (also known as Tatar boregi) is fried and stuffed with minced meat.

- Kol boregi is another well-known type of borek.

- Talas boregi (phyllo dough filled with vegetables and diced meat)

- Puf boregi.

- Laz boregi is a sweet type of borek, widespread in the Black Sea region.

- Others are: muska (talisman), Gul (rose) boregi or Sigara (cigarette) boregi.

Pogaca is the label name for dough based salty pastries. Also, corek is another label name used for both sweet and salty pastries.

Gozleme is a food typical in rural areas, made of lavash bread or phyllo dough folded around a variety of fillings such as spinach, cheese and parsley, minced meat or potatoes and cooked on a large griddle (traditionally known as a sac).

Katmer is another traditional rolled out dough and can be salty or sweet according to its fillings.

Lahmacun (meaning dough with meat in Arabic) is a thin flatbread covered with a layer of spiced minced meat, tomato, pepper, onion or garlic.

Pide, which can be made with minced meat (and additions like onion, chopped tomatoes, parsley and spices), kashar cheese, spinach, white cheese, pieces of meat, braised meat (kavurma), sucuk, pastirma and/or eggs put on rolled-out dough, is one of the most common traditional stone-baked Turkish specialities.

Acma is a soft bread found in most parts of Turkey. It is similar to simit in shape, is covered in a glaze with sesame seeds and is usually eaten as part of a healthy breakfast.

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