Restaurants

Michelin Awards New Stars on Turkish Coasts After Istanbul Debut

  • Five new stars awarded in seaside towns of Bodrum and Urla
  • Bodrum’s Maca Kizi hotel among seven new one-star winners

Glitzy Bodrum, Turkey’s answer to Saint Tropez, got a star each for two restaurants.

Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg

The Michelin Guide has awarded seven new stars in Turkey, the majority of them to restaurants on the nation’s Aegean coast.

The laid-back seaside town of Urla, near Izmir, saw three restaurants receive one star each: Od Urla, Teruar Urla, and Vino Locale. Glitzy Bodrum, Turkey’s answer to Saint-Tropez, got a star each for two restaurants: one at the Maca Kizi hotel, a regular haunt for vacationing local and international celebrities, and another for Kitchen, at the luxury Bodrum Edition hotel.