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Best restaurants in Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır is a city in south-east Turkey, and the places below show how much of its eating out revolves around Turkish staples: breakfast spreads, grilled meats, lahmacun, and döner. The eight entries cover a mix of cafés and casual counters, most of them in the old-town streets of the city.

Several of the listings are small, family-style counters with a single speciality, so the practical details matter. Where we have an address, opening hours or a phone number, we give it; where a detail is missing, we have left it out rather than guess.

Diyarbakırevi - Kahvaltı & Cafe

A Turkish breakfast and café, located at Dicle Sokak 20, postcode 21000. It is open Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 20:00. To book or check ahead, call +90 412 228 1343.

Onur Ocakbaşı

A Turkish restaurant at Varol Sokak 6, postcode 21300. Ocakbaşı refers to grilling over a open charcoal brazier. The restaurant has a website at onurocakbasi.com and can be reached on +90 412 224 1405.

Buket Lahmacun

A lahmacun spot on Akkoyunlu 1. Sokak. It is open every day from 11:00 to 22:00, and the phone number is +90 412 224 4304.

Paçası Esat Usta

A place serving paçası, the traditional sheep's trotter soup, on the Diyarbakır-Mardin road. The phone number is +90 412 252 11 59.

Ciğerci Remzi Usta

A liver specialist on Gazi Caddesi. Phone: +90 412 224 6303.

Bereket Döner

A döner restaurant open every day from 09:00 to 22:00. Phone: +90 507 840 3791.

Erdem Lahmacun

A lahmacun restaurant open every day from 07:00 to 22:00. Phone: +90 412 235 8284.

Hat Döner

A döner restaurant on Sanat Sokak. No further details are available.

Practical notes

Opening hours are given as listed for each entry, so it is worth phoning ahead on public holidays. Phone numbers use the Turkish country code +90 and the Diyarbakır area code 412, except for Bereket Döner, which has a mobile number. Most of the addresses are on short side streets, so a map app with the postcode will help.

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