📚 Vegan Cookbooks Published in Türkiye: What Visitors Should Know
A cookbook can help you explore the food you encounter in Istanbul and recreate it at home. These Turkish editions cover regional cooking, everyday meals and vegan adaptations, but language matters before you buy.
All the editions below are in Turkish, including the book titled Turkish Vegan Mutfak. The original titles are retained so you can identify them in a bookshop. English explanations describe their contents, rather than indicating that an English edition is available.
For regional food: Anadolu Vegan: Seçilmiş 444 Tarif
Rıza Sönmez’s collection brings together 444 vegan recipes from Anatolia, the part of Türkiye east of the Bosphorus. Published by Oğlak in 2025, it explores how recipes vary between communities, seasons and households. Its geographical scope extends beyond Istanbul. 🌱
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For Turkish home cooking: Turkish Vegan Mutfak
Derya Manav’s book draws on vegetables, grains and pulses used in Turkish kitchens, with an emphasis on practical preparation and adaptable budgets. Published by Siyah Beyaz, it is a Turkish-language cookbook despite the English word in its title.
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For everyday vegan cooking: Vegan Yarim
Published by Oğlak in 2022, İ. Can Şiram’s book addresses the practical concerns of adopting vegan eating, including familiar habits and worries about cost. It focuses on everyday use rather than serving as a guide to Istanbul restaurants.
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For a specific cooking project: Vegan Pizza
Şiram’s 2025 book concentrates on preparing pizza without animal ingredients, drawing on styles from different countries. Published by Oğlak, its subject is international rather than specifically Turkish. 🍕
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Two broader recipe collections
Alexandra Jamieson’s Vegan Yemek Tarifleri for Dummies is the Turkish translation of Vegan Cooking for Dummies, translated by Tuba İlze and published by Nobel. Alongside more than 160 recipes, it covers shopping, kitchen supplies and meal planning. It is not a collection devoted to Turkish cuisine. Publisher’s book page
İyi Beslen İyi Yaşa: Vegan, prepared by the Turkish food magazine Sofra, contains 33 photographed recipes, including burgers, lasagne and desserts. Bookseller’s listing
Two related titles with a wider scope
Murat Kınıkoğlu’s Vegan Beslenme, published by Oğlak, combines a discussion of nutrition with 190 vegan recipes. Publisher’s book page
Lisa Jervis’s Yeşil Mutfak, published in Turkish by SUB Basın Yayım, covers both vegan and vegetarian cooking. Readers looking for exclusively vegan recipes should note that distinction. Bookseller’s listing
📌 Before buying, check the edition’s language and availability. A recipe collection can explain a dish, but it cannot confirm the ingredients used by a particular Istanbul restaurant.