Where Every
Recipe Tells
a Story.
yunus-tunc is a living archive of Anatolian culinary heritage — where centuries-old recipes are revived with care, tradition is passed down through flavour, and every dish carries the warmth of the Turkish home kitchen. From the Black Sea coast to the spice bazaars of Gaziantep, we preserve the authentic tastes that define a culture.
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Hünkâr Beğendi
Sultan's Delight
A regal lamb stew slow-braised with tomatoes and spices, served atop a cloud of silky roasted eggplant purée enriched with kaşar cheese — a dish fit for the palace table and beloved across centuries of Anatolian cooking.
Seven Regions,
One Magnificent Table
Turkey's diverse landscape shapes every dish. From the olive groves of the Aegean to the spice-laden bazaars of Gaziantep, each region offers a distinct culinary world.
Aegean
Olive oil & fresh herbs
Black Sea
Corn, anchovies & lush greens
Central Anatolia
Wheat, lamb & hearty stews
Southeast Anatolia
Spices, kebabs & baklava
Istanbul & Thrace
Ottoman heritage & seafood
All recipes are rooted in authentic regional traditions, passed down through generations.
Latest Recipes
Handpicked dishes from the yunus-tunc kitchen — each one telling the story of a region, a season, or a memory.
İskender Kebab
Thinly sliced döner lamb layered over torn pide bread, drenched in rich tomato sauce and sizzling clarified butter.
Menemen
Scrambled eggs softly folded with charred peppers, ripe tomatoes, and a pinch of Aleppo pepper flakes in a cast-iron pan.
Baklava
Forty paper-thin phyllo layers filled with Antep pistachios, baked to golden perfection and soaked in fragrant rose-water syrup.
Manti
Tiny hand-pinched meat dumplings boiled to tender and crowned with garlicky yogurt, browned butter, and sumac.
Mercimek Çorbası
Silky red lentil soup seasoned with cumin and finished with a sizzle of paprika-infused olive oil — the soul of every Turkish table.
Kuzu Tandır
Slow-roasted whole lamb shoulder sealed in a clay oven for hours until the meat falls from the bone in fragrant, herb-scented layers.
Over 120 traditional Turkish recipes, with new ones added every week.
Meet the Author
Yunus Tunç
Born and raised in the winding streets of Istanbul's Fatih district, Yunus grew up surrounded by the aromas of slow-cooked stews, wood-fired bread, and spice markets that stretched back centuries. His grandmother's kitchen was his first school — a place where recipes were never written down, only felt and remembered.
After years of traveling across Anatolia — from the highlands of Erzurum to the olive groves of Hatay — Yunus witnessed firsthand how ancient culinary traditions were quietly fading. Elderly cooks carried recipes in their memories that no cookbook had ever captured. He made it his mission to change that.
Through yunus-tunc, he documents these disappearing regional recipes with the care of an archivist and the warmth of a storyteller — so that every dish finds its place in history before it is lost to time.
"Every recipe is a love letter written by generations who came before us."
"Yemek bir sevgi dilidir."
Food is a language of love.
— Traditional Turkish proverb, passed through generations
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