Yaprak Döner
'Leaf' döner; thin slices of marinated meat stacked (not minced), premium quality, visible meat layers.
Döner: dürüm & ekmek arası
Tavuk Döner
Chicken döner; chicken breast stacked and roasted on vertical spit, lighter alternative to red meat.
Soslu Döner
Soslu döner ladles sauce over shaved spit meat on an open plate, tomato or garlic yogurt added last so the crisp char survives. Its archetype is the İskender plate of döner under tomato and butter.
Porsiyon Döner
Portion döner; served on plate with accompaniments, bread on side.
Pilav Üstü Döner
Döner over rice; usually with bread on side.
Kuzu Döner
Lamb döner; pure lamb, more traditional and expensive.
Kıyma Döner
Minced meat döner; ground seasoned meat formed around the spit, more common in casual establishments.
Et Döner
Et means meat, and on a döner sign it means red meat: beef and lamb shaved off the vertical spit into bread. The original cone, dark and fatty, the version the family grew from before chicken arrived.
Dönerli Pide
Döner pide; döner meat as topping.
Döner Tombik
Döner in tombik bread (soft, puffy round bread); the bread is slightly hollowed and stuffed.
Döner Pilav Üstü
Döner over rice; not a sandwich but common serving style, sometimes with bread on side.
Döner Pide
Döner served in pide bread (boat-shaped Turkish flatbread).
Döner Kebab
Vertical spit-roasted meat (traditionally lamb, now also beef or chicken) shaved and served in bread; invented in Ottoman Turkey, now glo...
Döner Kaşarlı
Döner with melted kaşar cheese (Turkish yellow cheese similar to kasseri).
Döner Kaşarlı Dürüm
Döner wrap with melted kaşar cheese.
Döner Karışık
Mixed döner; combination of chicken and beef/lamb döner.
Döner Ekmek
Döner served in ekmek (Turkish bread loaf); sliced bread filled with shaved döner meat, tomatoes, onions, and often sumac.
Döner Ekmek Arası
'Döner between bread'; standard döner sandwich in quarter or half loaf.
Döner Dürüm
Döner wrapped in lavaş (thin flatbread); rolled tight, portable, very popular street food format.
Döner Dürüm Tavuk
The chicken dürüm: lean thigh döner shaved off the cone into griddle-pressed lavaş, lifted by garlic sauce and sumac onion. The cheap everyday wrap that punishes a hasty knife.
Döner Dürüm Et
The red-meat wrap: et döner, beef or lamb built with kuyruk tail fat, shaved off the cone and rolled in lavaş. The whole craft is rationing the fat the meat sheds.
Acılı Döner
Spicy döner; with hot pepper paste (biber salçası) or chili flakes (pul biber).