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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Twiggs

What a proper Turkish BBQ looks like – and why you’ve been getting it wrong

There’s a familiar image conjured by the words “Turkish BBQ”. A heaving plate of meat, skewers bent under the weight, rice piled so high it could double as a topographical feature and a smear of sauce trying to hold it all together. It’s the stuff of post-pub mythology – dependable, fast and best consumed half-reclining on a curb.

Kemal Demirasal is here to tell you that’s not a real kebab.

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