Uskumru Ekmek
Mackerel sandwich; uskumru (Atlantic mackerel), common year-round.
Balık Ekmek
Ton Balıklı Sandviç
Tuna sandwich; canned tuna, common in cafes.
Sardalya Ekmek
Whole sardines off the coals in split bread with raw onion and lemon: the Turkish Aegean's summer sandwich, fat midsummer fish in a season that closes by autumn. The fig weeks are the good weeks.
Palamut Ekmek
Bonito fish sandwich; palamut (Atlantic bonito) when in season (autumn).
Midye Ekmek
Mussel sandwich; fried mussels (midye tava) in bread.
Mezgit Ekmek
Whiting sandwich; mezgit (whiting) fried, common coastal fish.
Lüfer Ekmek
Bluefish sandwich; lüfer (larger bluefish) grilled.
Karides Ekmek
The difference between a good karides ekmek and a rubber one is about thirty seconds. The Aegean coast loads fried or grilled shrimp into the same ekmek as its fish sandwich, with onion and lemon.
Kalamar Ekmek
Kalamar ekmek is a meze that left the table: cornmeal-crusted fried squid rings under walnut tarator and a hard squeeze of lemon, the rakı-tavern appetizer folded into a loaf for the street.
Kılıç Ekmek
Swordfish sandwich; kılıç (swordfish) grilled, more upscale.
İstavrit Ekmek
Horse mackerel sandwich; istavrit fried or grilled.
Hamsi Ekmek
Anchovy sandwich; fresh hamsi (Black Sea anchovies) fried and served in bread. Seasonal (winter).
Çupra Ekmek
Çupra, gilt-head bream, is the premium white-fleshed cousin of the oily mackerel balık ekmek. Turkish aquaculture farmed it cheap enough to grill into a loaf, a leaner, sweeter, finer-boned fish.
Çinekop Ekmek
Baby bluefish sandwich; small çinekop fried or grilled.
Balık Ekmek
'Fish bread'—Istanbul's iconic fish sandwich; grilled or fried fish (usually mackerel/uskumru or bonito/palamut) in half a loaf of white ...
Balık Ekmek Karaköy
Fish sandwich from Karaköy fish market area; same style, different location.
Balık Ekmek Eminönü
Grilled mackerel in a split loaf, handed up from a boat that rocks on every ferry wake. The Eminonu fish sandwich is anchored to one dock the city has spent two decades trying to evict.
Balık Dürüm
Fish in wrap form; less traditional but exists.