Tirit

The main dish of Şanlıurfa is tirit, which is consumed during any meal. It is said that Abraham, who is very precious for the people of Şanlıurfa, did not sit on the dining table without guests, and often served tirit to his guests. Tirit is a type of meal consisting of a mixture of boiled meat and local thin (flat) bread. Tirit soup is widely consumed during the cool seasons and especially in the early morning hours in the restaurants around the Haşimiye Square and the marketplace in Şanlıurfa.

Especially on the first day of Eid al-Fitr (after the Eid prayer), tirit is served to guests in most homes. The feast is celebrated collectively. Those who are resentful to each other are reconciled at these tables called “Ibrahim’s Feast”. Locals of Şanlıurfa have been maintaining the hospitality they inherited from Abraham as a tradition for many centuries. The pot in which Prophet Abraham cooks the tirit, which is the subject of these feasts, is exhibited in the Sacred Relics Section in İstanbul Topkapı Palace.