From the owner of a modest kebab restaurant, the adventure of Ciya is a journey built on passion, keen desire, research and love through the world of food.

?iya --- like its name, brings to mind high mountain peaks and mountain flowers. In the old days when one would go only for a good kebab or a good lahmacun and those that knew the name "?iya" could learn the meaning just by asking, a dinning experience that is known as "?iya" was born in this nest. To this wealth of gourmet expertise a second specially set-up "Sofra" or Kebab House was added. Soon after within a few meters of each other a third "kebab house" was added, hence the three"?iya"s.

Located in the Fish Market district of Kadik?y, where one's path will definitely be drawn to one of these establishments . The cache of culinary knowledge at ?iya which quite honestly comes from the hands of its creators or "culinary engineers"; Zeynep and Musa who make it all possible. The creators, will take you for a journey in their kitchen, rich in "dishes from a broad geographical space, spanning from Mesopotamia to the Ottomans, from the Balkans to the Caucasus and from Asia to the Arabian Peninsula."

To me the "?iyas" are not just eateries, but a center of culinary research and application."

From: Sabri Koz "Dinning at ?iya" A Small Dictionary of Food and Selected Dishes