- Beyti (Istanbul)
Beyti is a roasted meat restaurant in
Istanbul ,Turkey . It was founded in 1945 inKüçükçekmece and has been situated since 1983 in its original designed building complex inFlorya .cite journal |url=http://www.thy.com/en-INT/skylife/archive/en/2000_12/konu4.htm#1 |title=Three Renowned Turkish Restaurants: Beyti Meat Restaurant |journal=Skylife - Turkish Airlines magazine |issue=12|year=2000 |pages=1–4] The establishment is owned by therestaurateur Beyti Güler and run together with his sons Cüneyt and Ahmet.The grand restaurant with a total capacity of 500 seatscite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=1582 |work=ArchNet Digital Library |title=Beyti Restaurant] offers traditional
Turkish cuisine dishes in addition to variouskebap s grilled on the oak charcoal.Beyti kebap , a specialty named after thechef , is the most popular.Beyti is a member of the prestigious international
gastronomic organizationConfrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs .Background
Beyti Güler is a descendant of
Turkic people , who fled fromSamarkand toCrimea in the 1720s after the assault of Persians. In the 1870s the family followed theCrimean War then went from there toDobruja inRomania . After that, they came under Ottoman rule and finally, the family immigrated in 1935 to Turkey.In 1945 Beyeti and his father opened a roadside small meat restaurant of 30 m² with four tables in the suburb of Istanbul. The restaurant having place for 20 people only became a popular venue, gaining fame in couple of years after opening. Notable journalists, top executives and even high-ranked politicians came to taste the
döner kebap that was rarely available around.An article published in 1965 in the "
New York Herald Tribune " opened for Beyeti the avenue towards international fame. The restaurant catered daily to four Pan Am airliners for more than eight years, starting from 1966 and on. He also servedU.S. President ,Richard Nixon , aboardAir Force One during his first official trip inEurope , an opportunity that helped the Turkish kebap become renown.To meet the growing demand, Beyti Güler erected a three-story building composed of eleven compartments of various size and a terrace in Florya, in an upscale living neighborhood close to
Atatürk International Airport . The building was designed in a modern architectural style by Osman Yilmaz Şanlı. The interior decoration is inspired by Ottoman Turkish art. Construction was completed in 1979 and he new site opened by 1983.Beyti kebap
During a visit to
Switzerland in 1961, Beyti Güler was inspired by the renowned butcher Möller's way of preparing meat. Following his return, he introduced a dish consisting of roasted lamb fillets wrapped in strips of lamb cutlet fat. It came to be called after him when the kebap's fame spread all over the world.Notable customers
In more than fifty years, many heads of state, high-ranked politicians, top businessmen and celebrities around the globe dined in Beyti at their visit in Istanbul. [cite web |url=http://www.beyti.com.tr/friends.htm |title=Many Friends in 55 years... |work=Beyti ]
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