Turkish Produce Cheat Sheet
I recently found a very helpful cheat sheet for Turkish markets. Here at Incirlik Air Base, there is a regular series of articles on the base’s home page called “Ask Mehmet”. He recently wrote a great article called “Finding Local Markets.” I encourage you to check out the whole article for instructions about shopping at an Adana Fruit and Vegetable Bazaar. I think you’ll appreciate the list he’s put together below. Click the image below for a downloadable PDF of the list that you can take to the bazaar with you.
Click the image to download a printable PDF
Vegetable – Sebze (sab-zah)
bean – fasulye (fah-sool-yea)
pea – bezelye (beh-zell-yeah)
cabbage – lahana (lah-hah-nah)
spinach – ispanak (ihs-pah-knock)
carrot – havuç (hah-wuch)
cauliflower – karnibahar (kahr-ne-bah-are)
tomato – domates (doh-mah-tess)
potato – papates (pah-tah-tess)
artichokes – enginar (ehn-ghin-are)
cucumber – salatalik (sah-lah-tah-like)
corn – misir (mis-ihr)
pepper – biber (be-behr)
red pepper – kirmizi biber (kihr-mih-ze be-behr)
green pepper – yesil biber (yeh-sheel be-behr)
radish – turp (tuhrp)
egg plant – patlican (pot-le-john)
leek – pirasa (pih-rah-sah)
okra – bamya (bahm- yah)
mushroom – mantar (mahn-tar)
onion – sogan (so-o-aahn)
garlic – sarimsak (sah-rihm-suck)
lettuce – marul (mah-rule)
fruit – meyve (may-veh)
apple – elma (el-mah)
pear – armut (are-mut)
orange – portakal (pohr-tah-kahl)
tangerine -mandalina (mahn-dah-lee-nah)
cherry – kiraz (ke-razh)
banana – muz (mooze)
peach – seftali (shef-tah-lee)
grapes – uzum (ue-zuem)
plum – erik (eric)
melon – kavun (kah-woon)
watermelon – karpuz (kahr-pooz)
grapefruit – greyfurt (gray-fuhrt)
apricot – kayisi (kah-ye-se)
strawberry – çilek (chee-lack)
pomegranate – nar (nahr)
