Zeytin Ekmek
Olives with bread; eaten together, sometimes stuffed.
Turkey
Yumurtalı Sandviç
Egg sandwich; fried or scrambled eggs in bread.
Yufka
Paper-thin dough used for gözleme and börek; similar to phyllo but sturdier.
Yarma Kokoreç
'Split' kokoreç; cooked differently, often crispier.
Yaprak Döner
'Leaf' döner; thin slices of marinated meat stacked (not minced), premium quality, visible meat layers.
Wrap (International)
The international wrap is the roll that deliberately is not a dürüm: a Western flour tortilla carrying Caesar chicken or falafel, sold in the city café where the menu is half in English.
Vejeteryan Sandviç
Cheese, vegetables, and a spread in whatever mix the counter favors, cold or pressed. The Turkish vejetaryen sandviç has no fixed recipe, and is measured on one thing: whether the kitchen seasoned it.
Vegan Dürüm
Vegan dürüm is the plant-only reading of the Turkish wrap: falafel or lentil köfte rolled in lavaş with tahini and sumac onion, where seasoning and acid do the work the meat would.
Uskumru Ekmek
Istanbul's fish-in-bread built on uskumru, Atlantic mackerel: an oily fillet grilled over coals, slid into a half-loaf with raw onion, lettuce, and a hard squeeze of lemon, sold off the Eminönü boats.
Urfa Lahmacun
The Şanlıurfa reading of lahmacun: a broad, thin, onion-seasoned isot round baked crisp, then served with ayran and rolled by hand, leaner and milder than the chili-forward southern styles.
Urfa Kebab Dürüm
Şanlıurfa's mild answer to Adana: hand-minced lamb grilled with cumin, black pepper and garlic but no hot chili, rolled tight in thin lavaş with sumac onion doing the cutting.
Urfa Ekmek Arası
Şanlıurfa's ekmek arası: the deliberately mild, chilli-free Urfa kebab, hand-minced lamb off the coals, packed into warm bread with sumac onion carrying the only sharp note.
Trabzon Pidesi
Kolot cheese from Trabzon's highland pastures melts across thin dough, a hot rim goes gold, and butter runs into the middle, with an egg if the cook allows it.
Tost
Tost is the Turkish grilled cheese: soft white bread and kaşar welded in a ridged countertop press into one crunch-shelled, molten-cored slab, the default fast bite at any hour.
Ton Balıklı Sandviç
Tuna sandwich; canned tuna, common in cafes.