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ayran
That stuff is gross.
The pide and bakery stuff like various versions of burek is mostly winner though for sure.
(study the variations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rek#Turkish_variants)OP: see if you can find my partner's earring at ephesus, thanks.
hippy-
Mass-produced commercial 'ayran' thickened with whey powder,
or,
the natural stuff, only available out of town?You could subsist on asure, (Asuray), or Noah's Pudding,
supposedly consisting of 41 different ingredients, rice, grains, currants, dried apricots etc,
(supposedly everything that was left in the pantry when land was sighted from the Ark). -
Ah yes, I encountered burek in Croatia last year, never partook though as to me it was always rather nebulous as to whether it had meat in it or not. Will have to learn some meaty words to avoid.
Fizzy milk conjures memories of playing around with a soda streamer in my youth - think I'll be giving that a miss as well.
Will keep an eye out for the earring!
mespilus
GideonPARANOID
Meat-free food will not be a problem.
Every roadside foodstop will offer 'pide', Turkish long/narrow pizza with topping of your choice.
Lentil soup often available at these places, as well.
Still eat dairy?
Try the 'yayik ayran', naturally, literally 'wild' fermented drinking yoghurt.
If it is slightly fizzy it is even better for your gut health and biome.
Turkish cheese 'peynir' can be a bit bland.
'Eski' should mean aged/tastier.
Crumbly Tulum peynir is normally aged in a goat skin.
Evening meals: seek out somewhere with steam trays for vegetable based dishes, and cool displays, of typical mezze-type dishes.
Turkish bakers offer a range of meat-free boreks, and do try the simit and Tahini bread/tahini ekmek.