Special dishes from Turkish cuisine: Kebaps
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What is Kebap?
Kebap is roasted, broiled or grilled meat prepared in many different ways, each of them named by adding a word to kebap; döner kebap, shish (şiş) kebap, patlıcan kebap, etc.
Shish (şiş) Kebap
Shish (şiş) Kebap is cubes of marinated chicken or lamb meat on skewers. Meat on skewers is grilled in a barbecue.
![shish-kebap Shish (şiş) Kebap](https://travel-in-turkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/shish-kebap1.jpg)
Adana Kebap
Adana Kebap is barbecued spicy meat mounted on a wide skewer. This is ground lamb meat that is mixed with fat from lamb’s tail.
![adana-kebap Adana Kebap](https://travel-in-turkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adana-kebap.jpg)
Urfa Kebap
Urfa Kebap is very similar to Adana Kebap but it is not spicy.
![urfa-kebap Urfa Kebap](https://travel-in-turkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/urfa-kebap.jpg)
Köfte
Köfte is grilled or fried meatballs.
![kofte Köfte](https://travel-in-turkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kofte.jpg)
Döner Kebap
Döner Kebap is lamb meat roasted on a revolving spit.
![doner-kebap Döner Kebap](https://travel-in-turkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doner-kebap.jpg)
Where do you eat kebap?
You eat kebaps at kebapçı. Kebapçı is the place where kebaps are sold. It is a kebap restaurant.