Merhaba,

   I started writing about our love affair with the wraps at Aciktim our first visit to Marmaris.  Well we still love those wraps and we’re pretty fond of the crew that works there too. 

Ru

Aciktim

Best dôner kebab in Marmaris!

PTT çikmazi is Turkish Post Office alley….I just learned what çikmazi means.

Only thing better than lunch at Aciktim is lunch at Aciktim with friends!

Besides Randal and me, were Betty and David from Sundance and Judy and Bill from BeBe. We met Betty and David when we were all anchored in the river in Kuching, Malaysia during the East Malaysia Rally and Judy and Bill in Puteri Harbor Marina in Johor, Malaysia. Sundance came up the Red Sea the year before we didn’t. (That was the last year people went fairly safely and before the Quest tragedy.) BeBe was in India with us and along with friends Linda and Michael on B’Sheret and several others, shipped our boats to Turkey.) Sundance and BeBe were trying to figure out if they’d ever been in the same place at the same time and if they shared other cruising friends besides Randal and me.

Aciktim Cast of Characters…….

Serdal (arm outstretched, sidekick; ) Doğan (head guy;) Osman (striped shirt, new older guy,) Ersin (the kid.)

We met Doğan our first visit to Marmaris and declared Aciktim’s the best dôner kebap in Turkey. Serdal, Ersin and now Osman we met this year.

I asked them to pose!    Doğan and Serdal facing , Osman and Ersin in the back

Doğan slicing up some of the wonderful chicken for our dôner kebap wraps. 

Dôner means revolving and kebap means roasted meat. The marinated chicken or meat revolves around on the vertical spit with a heater behind it. It is sliced off in thin strips and then is further heated on the grill. Really good! We had a favorite dôner kebap place in Ashdod, Israel. Those were served on hollowed out crispy baguettes with a spread of humus instead of the mayonnaise and ketchup they use here. In Israel they cut the chicken with an electric shaver! Aciktim crisps up the wrap which makes it taste really good. If you want it served on a toasted sandwich of the wonderful Turkish bread, they do that too. Randal has started eating his that way, but I like the wrap. Randal and I eat here at least 2 or 3 times a week. Maybe even more. One Sunday Aciktim was closed. Betty and I had been shopping around the old town area so ate dôner somewhere else, but it wasn’t as good, at all.

We’d asked Doğan to come visit us on Doramac. Finally one night he came and brought the guys with him. We were glad to have them all. I did snacks: it was about 11:30 PM when they arrived, but anyway, there’s no way I’m offering to cook for these pros.  Aciktim is open until 9:30PM and then they all went home to clean up and then finding Dock A in Netsel Marina at night, not so easy. A is nowhere near B, but comes after N!   It was a fun visit! 

Serdal, Doğan, Ersin, and Randal, snacks and Glenfiddich!

Serefe! (Cheers in Turkish)